[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Release Candidate 1.6.0.0RC1 is available

[Grace Dunbar]

The Evergreen development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of  Evergreen 1.6.0.0RC1. 1.6.0.0RC1 is a release candidate and, while we encourage our clients and community with test servers download this version to test, we do not endorse putting 1.6.0.0RC1 directly into production.  The bug reporting window for 1.6.0.0RC1 will open on September 14, 2009 and close on October 2, 2009.  For general community members reporting bugs, please send them to the development mailing list at Open-ils-dev@list.georgialibraries.org and please include “bug” and “1.6.0.0RC1” somewhere in the subject.  If you have a support contract with an Evergreen vendor, please submit any bug reports through your normal support channels.  Assuming no critical bugs are discovered, we hope to have the supported release of the final version of 1.6 available by October 12, 2009. Release Candidate 1.6.0.0RC1 includes the 13 bug fixes and 8 new features from 1.4.0.6.  It also includes 18 new features including formal support for IE8, Google Book Preview support, RefWorks export capability, more staff client and admin configurability, and a preview of the Acquisitions interface.  The building blocks of the forthcoming Acquisitions functionality can be previewed in 1.6.0.0RC1 and includes manual funding management, PO creation, cataloging and receiving processes.  These are functional but are not intended for insertion into current work flow scenarios.  This feature was specifically included to solicit feedback from the community on this important feature. You can find the Release Candidate and upgrade notes on the Evergreen Downloads page just underneath the entry for our latest current stable release of Evergreen is 1.4.0.6.  Also, see the release notes for a list of all the bug fixes and new features.  As always, we would like to express our deepest thanks to everyone in the Evergreen community who contributes documentation, patches, bug reports, and ideas, and lends their voices to the project. Cheers! Grace -- Grace Dunbar Project Manager Equinox Software "The Evergreen Experts" 1-877-OPEN-ILS gdun...@esilibrary.com