All, We have a few big announcements regarding 1.6.0 this week!
*1.6.0 RC2 Release* Later this week, we will be making DSpace 1.6.0 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) publicly available. An official announcement will be sent out once it is available for download (likely Weds evening / Thurs morning). DSpace 1.6.0 RC2 resolves bugs/issues that were found in the 1.6.0 RC1 release (back in December). The DSpace developers feel that this RC2 release is much more stable and much closer to a final 1.6.0 release. *1.6.0 RC2 Testathon: Feb 15-19, 2010* However, to ensure we've located and fixed all the major bugs, we'll be having a second Testathon next week (Feb 15-19, 2010). As in December, several members of the DSpace community will host public instances of 1.6.0 RC2 for you to sign onto and put 1.6 through its paces. You will also be able to download the latest RC2 release locally to perform a test installation or test upgrade. More information will be forthcoming on our 1.6.0 Testathon page: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Testathon Again, we'd encourage anyone and everyone to help in the Testathon. Any time you can provide (even just 10-15 minutes) can help us ensure that DSpace 1.6.0 is one of the best releases yet! *Upcoming Release Schedule* As I mentioned, the DSpace Developers believe that things are much more stable in 1.6.0 RC2. Assuming the bugs are minor or minimal in next week's Testathon, we feel that we're only a few weeks away from the 1.6.0 final release. Here's our revised release schedule: * Feb 10/11: Release 1.6.0 RC2 * Feb 15-19: Testathon of 1.6.0 RC2 * Feb 22-26: Resolve any issues from Testathon (hopefully all minor) * March 1: Release 1.6.0 Final Again, the above release schedule is tentative and is based on the results of the 1.6.0 RC2 Testathon. However, we feel confident that 1.6.0 will finally be in your hands at the beginning of March. Thanks in advance for all your help! We are all excited to finally be in the home stretch for 1.6.0! Tim Donohue Technical Lead for DSpace Project DuraSpace.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
