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The HylaFAX development team often asks other developers and interested HylaFAX users to test upcoming software releases. As these are beta versions of software they may contain more bugs than usual, and should probably not be used on production servers if your job depends on the performance of that server!
 
The HylaFAX development team often asks other developers and interested HylaFAX users to test upcoming software releases. As these are beta versions of software they may contain more bugs than usual, and should probably not be used on production servers if your job depends on the performance of that server!
  
==Current beta release (4.3.0beta1)==
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=Reporting Bugs=
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The HylaFAX Bugzilla is located at [http://bugs.hylafax.org/ http://bugs.hylafax.org/]. Please file a bug report there if you can. If you prefer to send a message to the [[Mailing Lists]] to discuss the problem, we encourage you to subscribe to hylafax-devel@hylafax.org and post it there. The hylafax-users mailing list will also reach many of the right people, and is the next best thing if subscribing to -devel and filing a bug report seem like too much trouble. Bottom line - we want your bugs!!
  
Download from:
 
  
ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/source/BETA/hylafax-4.3.0beta1.tar.gz
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=Current release candidate=
  
===Notes===
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There is no current release candidate for the development branch.
The changes from 4.2.5 are:
 
  
* flush modem I/O on receptions before sending any data (03 Apr 2006)
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==New features of particular note==
* fix incorrect "Fax protocol error" in ECM mode (03 Apr 2006)
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* add German NSFs and correct HylaFAX NSF bit order (03 Apr 2006)
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None yet.
* set Class1RMPersistence to 0 in digi config prototype (03 Apr 2006)
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* extend V.21 HDLC frame reception timeout to 10 sec (03 Apr 2006)
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==Changelog==
* ignore MESSAGE-WAITING response after dialing (02 Apr 2006)
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* Correctly remove EOFB at the end of MMR images (02 Apr 2006)
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A complete list of changes since HylaFAX 6.0 was branched off for stable maintenance is available in the [http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=blob;f=doc/RELEASENOTES-GIT.txt;hb=master HylaFAX GIT release notes]
* set minimum of 4800 for V.34 primary rate renegotiations (02 Apr 2006)
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* improve handling of V.34 control channel retrain (02 Apr 2006)
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=Current stable branches release candidates=
* Add isdn4linux modem config prototype (02 Apr 2006)
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* Add IAXmodem config prototype (02 Apr 2006)
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These releases are maintenance releases, and do not contain any new
* Update config.guess & config.sub (27 Mar 2006)
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features or functionality, but only contain bugfixes.
* Add JobControl (obsoletes DestControl) (27 Mar 2006)
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* Fix hfaxd SNPP login code to 250 (Bug 732) (27 Mar 2006)
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There currently are release candidates for the following stable branches:
* Fix hfaxd timezone handling on new GLIBC (BUG 723) (24 Mar 2006)
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* Fix locking of recvq tiff files (BUG 739) (23 Mar 2006)
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* fix batching of page jobs (23 Mar 2006)
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6.0.4-rc2 [ [ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/source/testing/hylafax-6.0.4-rc2.tar.gz Source] ] [ [http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=blob;f=doc/RELEASENOTES-6.0.txt;hb=6.0 Release Notes] ]
* expand Class1JBIGSupport to allow for differentiation between full, none, send, and receive support (17 Mar 2006)
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* remove QualifyCID in lieu of DynamicConfig RejectCall (15 Mar 2006)
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4.4.6-rc2 [ [ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/source/testing/hylafax-4.4.6-rc2.tar.gz Source] ] [ [http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=blob;f=doc/RELEASENOTES-4.4.txt;hb=4.4 Release Notes] ]
* fix buffer overrun in NSF parsing (21 Feb 2006)
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* add dictionary for notify, faxrcvd, and pollrcvd internationalization support (21 Feb 2006)
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4.3.9-rc2 [ [ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/source/testing/hylafax-4.3.9-rc2.tar.gz Source] ] [ [http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=blob;f=CHANGES;hb=4.3 Release Notes] ]
* add CHARSET config option for mailing scripts (21 Feb 2006)
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* use To-Company and To-Name coverpage entries in the notification message if they are available to use (21 Feb 2006)
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* add support for libtiff-3.8 (31 Jan 2006)
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Please refer to our [[Red_Hat_Packages]] page for a source RPM that should build on most Red Hat, Fedora and SuSE distributions.
* use PDF in q-files when appropriate (30 Jan 2006)
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* fix configure in vsnprintf detection (30 Jan 2006)
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* fix segfault on some compilers where the rare occassion of receiving CTC instead of PPS occurs (30 Jan 2006)
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==Changelog==
* fix rare occassion where TCF fails following an unexpected receipt of prologue frames (30 Jan 2006)
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A complete list of changes since 6.0.3/4.4.5/4.3.8 is as follows:
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* Class1: ECM page and block count should be sent as modulus. (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
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* faxsend: Class1 1 ECM when skipping pages needs to be more careful (6.0)
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* Class1: Initialize blockNumber (4.3, 4,4)
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* hfaxd: log what address(es) we're listing on when starting (6.0)
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* Update releasenotes and documentation re IPv6 support (6.0)
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* hfaxd:  Cleanup uid initialization and theoretical overflow (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
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* Class1: Initialize blockNumber (4.3, 4,4)
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* Str::vformat() Don't reuse va_args (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
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* PageHandling:  Fix handling of large blank areas (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
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* faxq: Don't assert on bad FIFO messages (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
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* Page sent protocol trace fixes (6.0)
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* Don't duplicate any file in a release tarball (6.0)
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* IPv6: Rework initial bind (6.0)
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* Some CVS-GIT cleanups/release notes (6.0)
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* pagesend: Fix broken switch statement (6.0)
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* nls: Add German translation (6.0)
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* Add support for libtiff 3.9 (6.0)
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* Updated RPM dependencies (6.0)

Latest revision as of 20:52, 18 December 2009

The HylaFAX development team often asks other developers and interested HylaFAX users to test upcoming software releases. As these are beta versions of software they may contain more bugs than usual, and should probably not be used on production servers if your job depends on the performance of that server!

Reporting Bugs

The HylaFAX Bugzilla is located at http://bugs.hylafax.org/. Please file a bug report there if you can. If you prefer to send a message to the Mailing Lists to discuss the problem, we encourage you to subscribe to hylafax-devel@hylafax.org and post it there. The hylafax-users mailing list will also reach many of the right people, and is the next best thing if subscribing to -devel and filing a bug report seem like too much trouble. Bottom line - we want your bugs!!


Current release candidate

There is no current release candidate for the development branch.

New features of particular note

None yet.

Changelog

A complete list of changes since HylaFAX 6.0 was branched off for stable maintenance is available in the HylaFAX GIT release notes

Current stable branches release candidates

These releases are maintenance releases, and do not contain any new features or functionality, but only contain bugfixes.

There currently are release candidates for the following stable branches:


6.0.4-rc2 [ Source ] [ Release Notes ]

4.4.6-rc2 [ Source ] [ Release Notes ]

4.3.9-rc2 [ Source ] [ Release Notes ]


Please refer to our Red_Hat_Packages page for a source RPM that should build on most Red Hat, Fedora and SuSE distributions.


Changelog

A complete list of changes since 6.0.3/4.4.5/4.3.8 is as follows:

  • Class1: ECM page and block count should be sent as modulus. (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
  • faxsend: Class1 1 ECM when skipping pages needs to be more careful (6.0)
  • Class1: Initialize blockNumber (4.3, 4,4)
  • hfaxd: log what address(es) we're listing on when starting (6.0)
  • Update releasenotes and documentation re IPv6 support (6.0)
  • hfaxd: Cleanup uid initialization and theoretical overflow (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
  • Class1: Initialize blockNumber (4.3, 4,4)
  • Str::vformat() Don't reuse va_args (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
  • PageHandling: Fix handling of large blank areas (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
  • faxq: Don't assert on bad FIFO messages (4.3, 4.4, 6.0)
  • Page sent protocol trace fixes (6.0)
  • Don't duplicate any file in a release tarball (6.0)
  • IPv6: Rework initial bind (6.0)
  • Some CVS-GIT cleanups/release notes (6.0)
  • pagesend: Fix broken switch statement (6.0)
  • nls: Add German translation (6.0)
  • Add support for libtiff 3.9 (6.0)
  • Updated RPM dependencies (6.0)

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