[appsuite-announce] Open-Xchange releases OX App Suite v7.2.1 and OX 6 7.2.1 Backend

[Open-Xchange App Suite Maintenance Announcements]

Dear Customers and Partners of Open-Xchange,

Open-Xchange is pleased to announce the release of OX App Suite v7.2.1 
and a new backend for Open-Xchange Server 6 v7.2.1.

This update includes new versions of:
- Open-Xchange Server 6 Backend v7.2.1, the common basis for OX HE 
(Hosting Edition) and OX SE (Server Edition)
- OX App Suite v7.2.1

Open-Xchange has created an announcement list for details relating to 
upcoming releases and all other information relevant to OX App Suite.
You can subscribe to appsuite-announce at open-xchange.com at the link below:

https://lists.open-xchange.com/mailman/listinfo/appsuite-announce or 
directly at the Open-Xchange License Database.

Important - please note:

- Open-Xchange encourages administrators to regularly update to the 
latest available release. An overview of the latest supported Major- 
Minor and Public Patch Releases can be found in the
Knowledgebase at 
http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Version_Support_Committment. 
In order to ensure a stable and up to date environment please note the 
different supported versions.
- With v7.2, Open-Xchange provides a new LDAP Contact Storage 
Integration Bundle. The new solution is available together with the 
current LDAP bundle. Open-Xchange discontinues support for the current 
bundle with OX App Suite v7.2.1. Further configuration information is 
available at the Open-Xchange Knowledgebase under: 
http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=ContactStorageLDAP
- Debian 7 (Wheezy) was released by the Debian project on May 4th 2013. 
Both OX AppSuite and Open-Xchange Server 6 will be supported on Debian 7 
with OpenJDK 7 and MySQL 5.5 starting with the next major release of OX 
AppSuite, version 7.4. Please note that the combination Debian 7 / 
OpenJDK 6 or Sun Java 6 will not be supported as a platform by Open-Xchange.

Shipped packages and versions:

Open-Xchange Server 6
- Open-Xchange Server 6 backend v7.2.1-rev 2

Open-Xchange App Suite
- OX App Suite backend packages v7.2.1-rev 2
- OX App Suite frontend packages v7.2.1-rev 2

Complete Release Notes can be found at: 
http://software.open-xchange.com/products/appsuite/doc/Release-Notes-v7.2.1.pdf

For details of how to install and update OX App Suite please refer to 
the instructions given at 
http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:UpdatingOXPackages

For Open-Xchange Server 6 update and installation of backend v7.2.1 
please follow the instructions given at 
http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=UpdatingOXPackages#Updating_Open-Xchange_Server_Packages_6.22.x 
to install the updates.

Best regards,
Your Open-Xchange Team

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