SimpleSAMLphp 1.17.0 Release Candidate 1

[Jaime Pérez Crespo]

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of SimpleSAMLphp version 1.17.

https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/releases/tag/v1.17.0-rc1

This is a minor version, meaning it should keep backwards-compatibility with the previous ones. As a release candidate, we encourage our users to test it out and report any possible issues, but do not recommend it in production yet. The biggest change in this occasion is the minimum version of PHP supported, which has been bumped to 5.5. As such, if you want to run the upcoming SimpleSAMLphp version you will need to upgrade your PHP installation to at least 5.5, although a minimum of PHP 5.6 is recommended. Note that PHP 5.4, 5.5 and 7.0 are already unsupported by the PHP development. Take a look at the upgrade notes for more information:

https://simplesamlphp.org/docs/1.17/simplesamlphp-upgrade-notes-1.17

Version 1.17 will accumulate many improvements and changes in preparation for the future 2.0 release. In particular, a preview of the new user interface is now available for those willing to see what’s coming. This was possible thanks to the immense help of our many contributors, and I would like to thank specially Tim van Dijen who put a lot effort on this in the past months. Please have a look at the changelog for a complete list of changes:

https://simplesamlphp.org/docs/1.17/simplesamlphp-changelog

We would really appreciate if you give this release candidate a try and report any feedback to us.

Regards,

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Jaime Pérez
UNINETT / Feide

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