Roundcube 1.7 Beta 2 released
The second beta release for Roundcube Webmail's next major version, 1.7, is now available for testing. Many have praised this browser-based multilingual IMAP client for its application-like user interface and robust features. As an email client, it offers a comprehensive set of functionalities, including MIME support, address book management, folder organization, message searching, and spell checking.
Roundcube Webmail's architecture is built on PHP and JavaScript, with a custom framework that incorporates an IMAP library derived from IlohaMail. The code requires external libraries as specified in the composer.json and jsdeps.json files to function properly.
Notable improvements in this release include full support for early versions of PHP 8.5. Although it does not introduce any breaking changes beyond those present in the previous beta version, users can now expect several significant enhancements.
These improvements include the ability to run Roundcube Webmail without encountering deprecation warnings on PHP v8.5 (-pre). Additionally, IPv6 support has been added for database DSNs.
Several key issues have been addressed, such as handling non-Unicode characters in plain text messages and parsing inline styles that are not well-formatted. Moreover, the release includes improved phishing detection features, including a warning icon displayed before email addresses when homograph attacks are suspected.
The update also introduces several security-related changes, including sanitizing filenames on downloads and enforcing leading backslashes for non-namespaced uses.
Furthermore, users can expect enhancements to test tooling, including improved uploading of artifacts during browser tests. The release also marks the end of support for Internet Explorer and includes other minor tweaks.
As this installment is a beta release, Roundcube Webmail recommends testing it in a separate environment before migrating existing configurations using either the installto.sh or update.sh scripts. It's essential to back up your data before installing the new version to avoid any potential losses.
The full changelog for 1.7-beta includes several key points:
Build container images only in the main repository, not forks. Improvements have been made to test workflows, including installing aspell and uploading artifacts on browser failures. Additionally, the release includes several PHPDoc fixes and compatibility updates for PHP 8.5.
The changelog also highlights improvements to documentation, such as markdownifying remaining docs and updating localization from Transifex. Other notable changes include removing redundant setAccessible() calls in PHP 8.5 and enforcing leading backslashes for non-namespaced uses.
Roundcube 1.7 Beta 2 is now available for download directly from its official repository on the GitHub platform:
Roundcube Webmail 1.7-beta2
This is a second beta release for the next major version 1.7 of Roundcube webmail. With this milestone we introduce some more fixes, and bring full support for the early version of PHP 8.5.
Release Roundcube Webmail 1.7-beta2 · roundcube/roundcubemail
