Release Note: New OTRS Windows Installer - otrs4win 2.0.0 beta1

Dear Community Members,

+++++++++++++++++++++++++ Release Note ++++++++++++++++++++++++

The new OTRS 2.3. Windows Installer otrs4win 2.0.0 beta1
has been completed and is now ready for download.

During the beta release cycle, the current Windows Installer 
provided as a workaround announced Oct. 15th 2008 will be still
available.

STABLE RELEASE:
===============

* planned to be published Dec 19th 2008

ENHANCEMENTS:
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* New added installer components are:
  - Apache 2.2.10
  - MySQL 5.10.0.3
  - Strawberry Perl 5.0.67
  - CRONw 2.0

The new OTRS Windows installer:

* supports Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 platforms
* works with 32 Bit and 64 Bit architectures
* works with Vista's UAC (User Account Control)
* provide a modern graphical user interface (with full Vista 
  support)
* is much faster than the old Windows Installer

BUGFIXES:
=========

* Bug #2803 - Installer crashed if installation path contained
              any blanks.
              [ http://bugs.otrs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2803 ]

KNOWN ISSUES:
=============

* Apache webserver does not run with mod_perl

DOWNLOAD:
=========

* http://otrs.org/download/
* http://www.otrs.com/en/download/software/ (english)
* http://www.otrs.com/de/download/software/ (german)
* ftp://ftp.otrs.org/pub/otrs/ (Germany/Hamburg)

A complete list of all download mirrors (ftp/http/rsync) is 
available at http://otrs.org/download/

MD5 CHECKSUMS (128-bit):
========================

3e732e9c1d42cb7e6a0ca21b9f6708b8
ftp://ftp.otrs.org/pub/otrs/otrs-2.3.3-win-installer-2.0.0-beta1.exe

HELP US AND FILE YOUR BUG REPORTS:
==================================

Although the new Windows Installer has been tested before,
we appreciate your contributions. As always, you’re encouraged
to tell us what you think, using this feedback e-Mail: 
[[email protected]] or by filing a bug in Bugzilla
[http://bugs.otrs.org].

((enjoy))

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Hauke Jan Böttcher
Director Sales & Marketing

 
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