Comms tip: When writing an announcement you hope is going to be widely circulated, make it clear less than three paragraphs in which of the two confusingly-similarly-named software projects you're writing about.
cheers stuart -- ...let us be heard from red core to black sky On Fri, 9 Jul 2021 at 02:00, Arran Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Community: > > > Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for. We can officially announce that > the Fedora 6.0 Production Release is available! After a successful release > candidate testing phase we are extremely happy with the state of Fedora 6.0 > and are excited to get it in the hands of the community. > > > The design and development of Fedora 6.0 was guided by three goals: improve > the digital preservation feature set, support migrations from all previous > versions of the software, and improve performance and scalability. Drawing on > community input at all stages, we are delighted to announce that we got there. > > > Highlights of Fedora 6.0 include: > > > 1. Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL) persistence > > 2. Robust migration tooling and documentation > > 3. Improved performance and scale > > 4. Built-in simple search > > 5. Minimal API changes > > > A huge effort has gone into making this happen. Here’s a list of the > individuals who contributed to development, testing and documentation of this > release [1]. We cannot express our gratitude enough to the individuals and > institutions who have helped us achieve this milestone. Special thanks to the > core development team whose outsized contributions brought Fedora 6 across > the finish line. > > > * Danny Bernstein, LYRASIS > > * Ben Pennell, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill > > * Peter Winkles, University of Wisconsin Madison > > * Jared Whiklo, University of Manitoba > > * Andrew Woods, Harvard University Libraries (formerly LYRASIS) > > > https://fedora-repository.atlassian.net/issues/?filter=10008 > > > Try it out: > > 1) Download the one-click-run: > > * > https://github.com/fcrepo/fcrepo/releases/download/fcrepo-6.0.0/fcrepo-webapp-6.0.0-jetty-console.jar > > 2) Run in docker: > > * docker run -p8080:8080 --name=fcrepo6 fcrepo/fcrepo:6.0.0 > > 3) Download and deploy the WAR file: > > * > https://github.com/fcrepo/fcrepo/releases/download/fcrepo-6.0.0/fcrepo-webapp-6.0.0.war > > > The following tools are also available for use: > > * Migration-utils [2]: Migrate from Fedora 3.x to Fedora 6.0 > > * Fcrepo-migration-validator [3]: Validate your Fedora 3.x -> 6.0 > migration > > * Fcrepo-upgrade-utils [4]: Migrate from Fedora 4.x or 5.x to Fedora 6.0 > > * Fcrepo-import-export [5]: Import and export Fedora 4.x or 5.x > repositories (for use in conjunction with fcrepo-upgrade-utils) > > > Documentation can be enjoyed here: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/FEDORA6x/ > > > For migration instructions for Fedora 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x visit this page: > https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/FEDORA6x/Migrate+to+Fedora+6 > > > Please use the fedora-tech mailing list [6] or the #fedora-6-testing channel > in the Fedora Slack [7] to provide any feedback. > > > Coming up next...Fedora 6.0 Release Party!! Stay tuned for more details on > this special event. > > > For now... it’s time to celebrate! > > > Sincerely, > > The Fedora Team > > > [1] https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/FF/Fedora+6.0.0+Release+Notes > > [2] https://github.com/fcrepo-exts/migration-utils/releases > > [3] https://github.com/fcrepo-exts/fcrepo-migration-validator/releases > > [4] https://github.com/fcrepo-exts/fcrepo-upgrade-utils/releases > > [5] https://github.com/fcrepo-exts/fcrepo-import-export/releases > > [6] https://groups.google.com/g/fedora-tech > > [7] https://fedora-project.slack.com
