Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the first (and likely only) beta release for Evergreen 3.1 is available on the main Evergreen downloads page:
https://evergreen-ils.org/egdownloads/ Being a beta release, Evergreen 3.1 is now considered to be feature frozen. Overall, we can all be proud of the work done by a large group of people during the final review push for the beta, as I believe 14 of the 19 potential feature branches identified were able to make it into the release. For a simple summary of what is included in this beta, please consult the milestone listing on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/evergreen/+milestone/3.1-beta Now, of course, we turn our attention to the final phases. Here are the last remaining pieces of our original timeline: Mar 21: 3.1.0 release candidate and string freeze Mar 28: 3.1.0 RELEASE A preliminary list of things scheduled for inclusion in the RC can be seen here, but I expect this list to grow as more issues are discovered and more branches are offered: https://launchpad.net/evergreen/+milestone/3.1-rc Depending on what problems might surface, there *may* also be a second beta release before March 21, but I don't expect that to affect the overall outcome by more than a few days, as needed. In closing, thank you to everyone who continues to play a part in advancing the Evergreen project. Sincerely, Dan