**ANNOUNCE** first public beta of HylaFAX-4.2.0 (beta1)

Folks,

On behalf of all of the individuals and organizations who have contributed
to HylaFAX since we released version 4.1.6, it gives me great pleasure to
announce the availability of the first beta-test version of HylaFAX-4.2.0.
You may download it from the following URL:

       ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/source/BETA/hylafax-4.2.0beta1.tar.gz

The list of changes is huge - this represents nearly a year of development.
I will include the relevant section from the CHANGES file at the bottom of
this message, for those who want the detailz. ;-)

This is the first time we've ever announced a beta release on the -users
mailing list, so I think a little explanation might be in order. First of
all, it's a beta release, which means you should really think twice before
using this for anything upon which your livelihood (or your sanity) depends.
Having said that, people ARE using this code in production with great
success, and we do recommend that as many people as possible try this new
release out. We NEED you to test it.

Please, kick the tires, hammer on it, and try to break it. Features we would
like to see receive particular attention would be Class 1/1.0 ECM, v.34-Fax
and extended resolutions. If you find you CAN break it (or it breaks you)
then we want to hear about it, but we don't want to hear about it here on
the -users mailing list. There's two main forums for bug reports:

    a) The HylaFAX bugzilla (http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla)
    b) The [email protected] mailing list.

If you're confident you have a bug, please take a moment to register for a
bugzilla account and file a bug report. Everything else pertaining to the
beta should be posted to [email protected].

The goal in posting here is to encourage active testing of hylafax-4.2.0 to
help make sure the final release is solid, but also to encourage as much
fresh blood as possible to join us in our never-ending quest to build
better, more capable software.

-Darren


Changelog for HylaFAX 4.2.0

* add Class 1.0 and V.34-Fax/SuperG3 support (29, 30 Mar 2004)
* add "low" priority setting for sendfax (26 Mar 2004)
* add modem config prototype for t38modem (22 Mar 2004)
* fix CID*AnswerLength-based answering (22 Mar 2004)
* fix for Class 2.0/2.1 modems that respond OK to AT+FDT (22 Mar 2004)
* add ModemRingsBeforeResponse option (22 Mar 2004)
* extend ModemRingResponse to support AT+VRID (22 Mar 2004)
* add owner field in etc/xferfaxlog SEND entries (17 Mar 2004)
* add tab delimiting to etc/clientlog (17 Mar 2004)
* add VRes and UseXVRes options to DestControls (17 Mar 2004)
* fix rare bug modem configuration parsing routine (16 Mar 2004)
* reject pages with zero scan lines (16 Mar 2004)
* more recognition of unexpected returns to command-mode (16 Mar 2004)
* add usage of FAXUSER environment variable in clients (10 Mar 2004)
* add a timeout setting for HDLC frame sending (10 Mar 2004)
* add sendfax -o owner option (10 Mar 2004)
* fix faxq segfault on some converter errors (09 Mar 2004)
* add QualifyPWD and PWD checking support (04 Mar 2004)
* utilize and honor ECM frame size preference in Class 1 (04 Mar 2004)
* add Class2ECMType and correct Class 2 ECM support (04 Mar 2004)
* extend and unify queue file sequence numbering (28 Feb 2004)
* integrate Caller-ID support throughout all functions that
  similarly use TSI (28 Feb 2004)
* add CRP reception support to Class 1 ECM (27 Feb 2004)
* fix faxaddmodem Class selection for broken shells (18 Feb 2004)
* make all faxrcvd configurations FaxDispatch-available (18 Feb 2004)
* fix copy quality support for Class 2.0/2.1 (11 Feb 2004)
* send all AT commands to modem in upper case (11, 16 Feb 2004)
* extend B4 and A3 page-size resolution support (11 Feb 2004)
* improve faxinfo page-size recognition (11 Feb 2004)
* fix faxq preparation of A3 and banner faxes (11 Feb 2004)
* add ERRORSTO in faxrcvd and handle stderr from ps2pdf (11, 18 Feb 2004)
* fix saving of unconfirmed page with error after PPS-NULL (6 Feb 2004)
* fix modem initialization for modems that respond OK twice
  to ATZ (5 Feb 2004)
* keep RINGs from interfering with modem initialization (5 Feb 2004)
* fix tiff2fax for libtiff-3.5.7 broken tiffcp exit status (5 Feb 2004)
* fix the saving of B4-sized multi-strip TIFFs (03 Feb 2004)
* add FROMADDR option for FaxDispatch (31 Jan 2004)
* enhance the CTC fallback in Class 1 ECM to drop modulation
  protocol when no frames are received properly (31 Jan 2004)
* add fax-class runtime documentation to faxaddmodem (26 Jan 2004)
* increase ECM syncrhonization timeout for slow senders (26 Jan 2004)
* fix logging of PPM-DCN in Class 1 ECM receiving (12 Jan 2004)
* send RTN instead of DCN in Class 1 when no page received (8 Jan 2004)
* add Class1ExtendedRes config option (7 Jan 2004)
* make Class1ECMSupport and ModemSoftRTFCC default true (7 Jan 2004)
* make hfaxd reuse the TCP port when starting (16 Dec 2003)
* fix identification of V.17 7200 bps in Class 1 receiving (15 Dec 2003)
* add Class2UseLineCount config option (13 Dec 2003)
* fix xferfaxstats name mapping and change default (11 Dec 2003)
* fix line counting error (11 Dec 2003)
* remove misleading bits from Class 1 DIS signal (10 Dec 2003)
* fix awk error in faxaddmodem (5 Dec 2003, 1 Jan 2004)
* add default config support for ZyXEL U90E (4 Dec 2003)
* fix defined name collision with Mac OS X (1 Dec 2003)
* add ModemSoftRTFCC (1 Dec 2003)
* image tag lines on MMR faxes (1 Dec 2003)
* fix doubling Caller ID information on double-RINGs (24 Nov 2003)
* fix potential faxgetty CPU loop (24 Nov 2003)
* rename various files for case insensitive filesystems (20 Nov 2003)
* remove superfluous bytes from Class 1 DCS (17 Nov 2003)
* fix format string vulnerability in hfaxd (10 Nov 2003)
* fix variable and function name collision with Solaris (10 Nov 2003)
* consolidate MemoryDecoder code (7 Nov, 1 Dec 2003)
* make faxq and faxgetty not block on various child processes (5 Nov 2003)
* prefer agetty over getty and enhance documentation (5 Nov 2003)
* add ModemRecvSuccessCmd (3 Nov 2003)
* add ModemAnswerDialCmd and faxanswer -h "dial"
  options (3, 20 Nov, 5 Dec 2003)
* add modulation changes into the Class 1 fallback (1 Nov 2003)
* enhance Class1TMQueryCmd and Class1RMQueryCmd (1 Nov 2003)
* extend Class1SendMsgDelay default to avoid PPM errors (1 Nov 2003)
* fix recognition of unexpected returns to command-mode (31 Oct 2003)
* fix subaddress sending in Class 1 (28 Oct 2003)
* fix configure for gcc 3.3.1 support (16 Oct 2003)
* improve behavior after last-page PIP reception (15 Oct 2003)
* suppress tiffcheck libtiff warnings from being fatal (13 Oct 2003)
* add Class 1 MMR support (9, 13 Oct 2003)
* configure MIMENCODE, UUENCODE, and ENCODING at compile-time
  and cause faxrcvd to automatically use them (7, 14 Oct 2003)
* correct typerules documentation, %w, %W, %l, and %L (4 Oct 2003)
* correct "1-D MR" nomenclature to "1-D MH" (22 Sep 2003)
* add Class 1 ECM support (20 Sep, 7, 16-17 Oct, 1 Nov, 10 Dec 2003)
* free(base) in HDLCFrame destructor (10 Sep 2003)
* keep PDF mail attachment naming consistent with TIFFs (01 Sep 2003)
* add support for MMR command-line option to tiffcheck (29 Aug 2003)
* add Class1ValidateV21Frames config option (29 Aug 2003)
* add AT_XON to repair Topic functionality (02 Aug 2003)
* enhance faxgetty to send NSF in Class 1 (18 Jul 2003)
* stop faxsend from initializing the modem twice (8 Jul 2003)
* add Class1TMConnectDelay config option (8 Jul 2003)
* add SaveUnconfirmedPages config option (8 Jul 2003)
* require ECM before logging MMR capability (8 Jul 2003)
* fix typo in sendq and doneq man pages (8 Jul 2003)
* fix broken page chopping (30 Jun 2003)
* add extended resolution support (18 Jun, 2 Jul, 23, 26 Sep 2003)


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