Releases: sympa-community/sympa
Sympa 6.2.40 released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the newest version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.40 is the newest patch release of Sympa 6.2. Administrators running or planning to run previous version (6.2.38) are strongly recommended to upgrade to this version. For more details, see “Note for upgrading” below.
- Download source distribution
- Check the release notes
- Check the upgrade instructions from earlier versions
- How to contribute to Sympa
Note for upgrading
This version fixes a bug introduced into Sympa 6.2.38 (See issue #527 for details). This bug does not affect earlier versions.
Administrators matching following conditions are recommended to upgrade Sympa to this version.
- Sympa 6.2.38 is running,
- web interface is available, and
- there are lists which either:
- make archives open to public and enable "cookie" spam protection (note that "cookie" setting is enabled by default),
- allow the users to unsubscribe themselves from the list using web interface (including use of "auto_signoff" link in message footer), or
- allow to use URL links in system messages so that users authorize requests for adding, removing, moving or reminding users.
Sympa 6.2.38 released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the newest version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.38 is the newest stable version of Sympa 6.2.
- Download source distribution
- Check the release notes
- Check the upgrade instructions from earlier versions
- How to contribute to Sympa
This version fixes several bugs, and introduces some enhancements including new features described in below. Translations to several languages have been mostly completed. Administrators are encouraged to upgrade Sympa to this version.
Highlight of this version
ARC support
Sympa supports ARC (Authenticated Received Chain). Its implementation and documentation were contributed by John Levine.
In a nutshell, ARC is an e-mail authentication scheme that remedies a problem of DMARC especially with mailing list service. About ARC in general, see a slide by DMARC.org (PDF). To enable ARC on Sympa, documentation on DKIM and ARC with Sympa.
CSRF tolerance
Random token to prevent CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgeries) attacks will be inserted in every form on web interface. This enhancement was contributed by Michael Kaczmarczik, UT Austin.
Internationalization
Thanks to heavy works by translators on translation site, Sympa completely or almost completely supports following languages:
- Spanish (Español)
- Galician (Galego)
- German (Deutsch)
- French (Français)
- Russian (Русский)
- Japanese (日本語)
- US English
Along with languages above, help documents for users are provided in following languages:
- Catalan (Català)
- Basque (Euskara)
- Polish (Polski)
Binary distribution for Fedora and RHEL (and clones)
People running either Fedora or RHEL (and clones) can find ready to use RPMs for sympa in a COPR sympa repository.
People willing to also get sympa beta releases should additionally use this COPR sympa-beta repository.
For Fedora, see instruction in the pages above. For RHEL and clones, you also need to enable the EPEL repository.
- Note that unofficial repository on Sympa-JA.org is still available. Administrators who have used it and are not planning to install beta do not need to change their repository settings.
Have a great new year with Sympa!
Sympa 6.2.37 beta 3 released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the third beta of the next version of Sympa. Please install it to test and report bugs, translate user interface to your language, or enhance documentation of Sympa, if you want to help the Sympa community deliver a more reliable version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.37b.3 is the new beta version of Sympa 6.2.
This version introduces some improvements and fixes several bugs.
About beta version
This version is a pre-release version of the next stable release. We expect feedback from users and developers. To know how to report bugs or improvements, see Contributing to Sympa.
- Next stable release, 6.2.38, is planned to be released on Friday, 21st December 2018.
Translation catalog was updated because some messages were added mainly for new feature.
- Translations added on translation site before 19th December 00:00 UTC will be shipped with the stable release.
Binary distribution for Fedora and RHEL (and clones)
People running either Fedora or RHEL (and clones) can find ready to use RPMs for sympa 6.2.37 beta 3 in a COPR repository.
For Fedora, see instruction in the page above. For RHEL and clones, you also need to enable the EPEL repository.
- Note that unofficial repository on Sympa-JA.org is still available. Administrators who have used it and are not planning to install beta do not need to change their repository settings.
Adding ARC support
This version also aims to be a draft of ARC (Authenticated Received Chain) support with Sympa. Its implementation and documentation were contributed by John Levine.
In a nutshell, ARC is an e-mail authentication scheme that remedies a problem of DMARC especially with mailing list service. Supporting it, we may avoid confusing rewriting on originator addresses. For details about ARC, see a slide by DMARC.org (PDF).
We are looking forward to your feedback on GitHub issue page or mailing lists.
Sympa 6.2.37 beta 2 released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the second beta of the next version of Sympa. Please install it to test and report bugs, translate user interface to your language, or enhance documentation on Sympa, if you want to help the Sympa community to deliver a more reliable version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.37b.2 is the new beta version of Sympa 6.2.
This version introduces some inprovements and fixes several bugs.
About beta version
This version is a prerelease version of new stable release. We expect feedback from users and developers. To know how to report bugs or improvements, see Contributing to Sympa.
- New stable release is planned to be released in Friday, 21st December 2018.
Translation catalog was updated because some messages were added mainly for new feature.
- Translations added on translation site not after 19th December 00:00 UTC will be shipped with new stable release.
Adding ARC support
This version also aims to be a draft of ARC (Authenticated Received Chain) support with Sympa. Its implementation and documentation were contributed by John Levine.
In a nutshell, ARC is an e-mail authentication scheme that remedies a problem of DMARC especially with mailing list service. Supporting it, we may avoid confusing rewriting on originator addresses. For details about ARC, see a slide by DMARC.org (PDF).
We will look forward your feedbacks on GitHub issue page or mailing lists.
Sympa 6.2.37 beta released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the first beta of the next version of Sympa. Please install it to test and report bugs, translate user interface to your language, or enhance documentation on Sympa, if you want to help the Sympa community to deliver a more reliable version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.37b.1 is the new beta version of Sympa 6.2.
This version introduces some inprovements including ARC support (see below) and fixes a few bugs.
About beta version
This version is a prerelease version of new stable release. We expect feedback from users and developers. To know how to report bugs or improvements, see Contributing to Sympa.
- New stable release is planned to be released in Friday, 21st December 2018.
Translation catalog was updated because some messages were added mainly for new feature.
- Translations added on translation site not after 19th December 00:00 UTC will be shipped with new stable release.
Adding ARC support
This version aims to be the first draft of ARC (Authenticated Received Chain) support with Sympa. For details about ARC, see a slide by DMARC.org (PDF).
In a nutshell, ARC is an e-mail authentication scheme that remedies a problem of DMARC especially with mailing list service. Supporting it, we may avoid confusing rewriting on originator addresses.
We will look forward your feedbacks on:
- GitHub issue page: Issue #153
- Mailing lists: sympa-developpers, sympa-users etc.
Sympa 6.2.36 released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the newest version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.36 is the newest stable version of Sympa 6.2.
- Download source distribution
- Check the release notes
- Check the upgrade instructions from earlier versions
- How to contribute to Sympa
This version fixes several bugs including cross site scripting (XSS) / open redirect flaw on login form, and introduces some enhancements including faster operation to purge / rename lists. Translations to several languages were mostly completed. Administrators are encouraged to upgrade Sympa to this version.
Sympa 6.2.35 beta released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the first beta of the next version of Sympa. Please install it to test and report bugs, translate user interface to your language, or enhance documentation on Sympa, if you want to help the Sympa community to deliver a more reliable version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.35b.1 is the new beta version of Sympa 6.2.
This version introduces some inprovements and fixes several bugs including degradations by the last release.
About beta version
This version is a prerelease version of new stable release. We expect feedback from users and developers. To know how to report bugs or improvements, see Contributing to Sympa.
- New stable release is planned to be released in Sunday, 23rd September 2018.
Translation catalog was updated because some messages were added due to improvement of UI.
- Translations added on translation site not after 21th September 00:00 UTC will be shipped with new stable release.
Sympa 6.2.34 released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the newest version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.34 is the newest stable version of Sympa 6.2.
- Download source distribution
- Check the release notes
- Check the upgrade instructions from earlier versions
- How to contribute to Sympa
This version fixes several bugs, introduces enhancements including secure DKIM signature algorithm, and incompatible changes including change of user interface managing list owners and moderators. Translations to some languages were mostly completed.
Administrators are encouraged to upgrade Sympa to this version.
Sympa 6.2.33 beta 2 released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the new beta of the next version of Sympa. Please install it to test and report bugs, translate user interface to your language, or enhance documentation on Sympa, if you want to help the Sympa community to deliver a more reliable version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.33b.2 is the new beta version of Sympa 6.2.
This version fixes several bugs, and introduces some improvements including update of web UI component.
About beta version
This version is a prerelease version of new stable release. We expect feedback from users and developers. To know how to report bugs or improvements, see Contributing to Sympa.
- New stable release is planned to be released in Thursday, 5th July 2018.
Translation catalog was updated because some messages were added due to improvement of UI.
- Translations added on translation site not after 4th July 00:00 UTC will be shipped with new stable release.
Sympa 6.2.33 beta released
The Sympa Community is proud to release the first beta of the next version of Sympa. Please install it to test and report bugs, translate user interface to your language, or enhance documentation on Sympa, if you want to help the Sympa community to deliver a more reliable version of Sympa.
Sympa 6.2.33b.1 is the new beta version of Sympa 6.2.
This version fixes several bugs, and introduces an improvement not to store list owners and moderators in list config files.
About beta version
This version is a prerelease version of new stable release. We expect feedback from users and developers. To know how to report bugs or improvements, see Contributing to Sympa.
- New stable release is planned to be released in Thursday, 21st June 2018.
Switching to Foundation 6
Sympa 6.2 adopted new skin using Foundation as web user interface framework. Now we are working for moving to Foundation for Site 6, and look forward your help. If you are interested, visit the page of Issue #170 on GitHub project site.