The people at the Roundcube project have been busy, they have released an updated which should fix a lot of bugs according to their statements:

This update release fixes lots of bugs and improves the file upload when composing a mail message. Also some of the plugins have been improved and translated into more languages.

I’ve been using 0.3 for some time now and I haven’t encountered any of the bugs, I would almost say it’s feels like a proper solid release and not a 0.x version. If you want to know what’s updated have a look at the changelog.

Sorry, but I somehow missed this one completely and no one of you told me as well. But it is forgivable as version 0.2 is working like a charm. I’ve installed it on my production server as soon as I noticed the upgrade expecting a lot of changes, but most of the GUI is still the same there are only changes to the settings page. Most of the changes are under the hood improving speed and responsiveness and also fixing some of the issues that were still outstanding.

My advice, upgrade as soon as possible. Download the latest version from here.

To upgrade roundcube, if you’ve used the DIYMacServer provided installation instructions, and if you are upgrading from 0.2 stable are:

Extract the 0.3 archive into '/Library/WebServer/Documents'. Create new copies of the configuration files and edit them to reflect the same settings as in the 0.2 installation.

CD into the new extracted directory and make the temp and log folder writeable for Apache with the following commands:

chown -R _www:_www temp
chown -R _www:_www logs

Remove the original ’roundcubemail’ symbolic link in '/Library/WebServer/Documents' and create a new one:

sudo ln -s /Library/WebServer/Documents/roundcubemail.0.3 /Library/WebServer/Documents/roundcubemail

That’s it.

The developers at Roundcube finally decided to release version 0.2 as a stable release. I’ve been using the beta versions without problems but thought it wouldn’t be prudent to let you do the same.

New things included are a simple installer function, HTML editor (TniyMCE) for creating HTML email and collapsable folders and much more. If you want to upgrade there are some instructions on how to do that in the most simple way possible without interfering too much with existing users.

By the way, because of the installer option I’ve also rewritten the installation instructions.

The developers at Roundcube finally decided to release version 0.1 as a stable release. I’ve been using the release candidates without problems for many months. A new thing I discovered is the installer pages which help you to setup your PHP and Apache settings to make it work correctly. Another new thing is the inclusion of TinyMCE to allow you to create HTML mail.

If you want to you can download the new version and start installing/upgrading. Download it from here.

Roundcube got another new release candidate. This updated version has a lot of improvements and fixed bugs. HTML message composition is also included but by disabled by default because it’s still experimental.

I wonder how long it will be before we see a proper regular release. For more than a year it has been nothing but beta and RC’s. The product is stable enough to be used in a production environment and has enough features to be able to use it daily. I wonder what is keeping it from releasing it properly.

To update roundcube, if you’ve used the DIYMacServer provided installation instructions, and if you are upgrading from RC1 are:

Extract the RC2 archive into '/Library/WebServer/Documents'. Create new copies of the configuration files and edit them to reflect the same settings as in the RC1 installation.

Remove the original ’roundcubemail’ symbolic link and create a new one:

sudo ln -s /Library/WebServer/Documents/roundcubemail-0.1-RC2 /Library/WebServer/Documents/roundcubemail

Nothing more to do ! If you have an older version it’s necessary to recreate the database because it has changed. Just do a ‘drop databasename’ and run the sql scripts as explained in the installation documentation.

Thomas Bruederli has found the time to release an update on our favorite webmail client Roundcube. It’s still beta, version 0.1 and this is release candidate 1, but as some of you people know it is still pretty solid and very usable. I myself use it everyday when I’m not at home to read my mail! Read more about what has changed and how to download it in the announcement.

There is an update manual included in the download file so there is no need for me to explain, although I had some issues with the database update script and I went for re-initialization of the database. So dropping all tables and run the mysql5.initial.sql script.

If you are new to roundcube, here is my installation manual.