Roadmap

Kolab Server 2.2 series

2.2.0 was released in July 2008.

2.2.1 was published on April 8th, 2009. Improvements include the SyncML improvements to the Kolab Webclient, code cleanup and eliminating defects.

2.2.2 was published on May 15th, 2009. It contains some bugfixes and small improvements.

2.2.3 was published on December 23rd, 2009. It contains important bugfixes and improvements.

2.2.4 was published on July 1st, 2010. It contains security updates, important bugfixes and improvements.

It is planned to have a release 2.3.0 with new features (e.g. improved directory service) in 2010.

Kolab Systems AG is currently working on native packages for Debian GNU/Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Fedora.

Kolab Server 2.1 release series

Current is 2.1.0 Final. No further releases planned.

During 2009 a prototype for an Enterprise5 client was developed based on the modern KDE4 Akonadi backend. The goal of this Prototype-E5 project was to bring in 10 years of experience with Kontact in order to overcome important design limitations. The project is running better as anticipated so early betas of Enterprise5 on all platforms are scheduled to be released in Q1 2010 and will most likly supercede the Enterprise4 Kolab Client series.

Kontact for Windows (enterprise4 | beta)

Four betas were published between December 2008 and mid 2009. Another more usable beta is planned in Q1 2010 in parallel to the Enterprise5 betas. One of the two version is expected to get production ready in Q2 2010.

Kontact for GNU/Linux

Prototype Enterprise5

In development, based on KDE4 and Akonadi. Betas are expected in Q1 2010. Production readiness will follow within the next quarter after the betas.

Enterprise4

This client is in beta state. The client is based on KDE4 technology, but without Akonadi. There are minor releases every few weeks.

Enterprise35

This series is production ready and in maintenance mode. and contains a large number of improvements over Proko2. Currently intermediate releases happen very few weeks to address issues, over 2009 a number of new featues have also be introduced by customer demand. Packagers have already picked this up; this is used widely on production. It is good to use even on KDE4 Desktops if a rock solid business-ready client is required.

Proko2

This series is old stable and maintenance will be phased out end of 2009 unless somebody steps up. Kolab-Konsortium customers all have moved to newer versions. Go for Enterpise35 for new setups.

Newer versions of Kontact for Mac OS X are additionally added to the MacPorts packaging initiative.

Kontact for Mac OS X (enterprise4 | beta)

This version is in beta since December 2008. It might get superceded by the Enterprise5 for Mac OS X.