[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.6-alpha1 Available for Testing [RM2.6]

[Dan Scott]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Jeff Godin <jgodin at tadl.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello all,
>>>
>>> The first packaged release of Evergreen 2.6, alpha1, is now available
>>> for download and testing.
>>>
>>
> Hooray! Thanks, Dan! I've grabbed Evergreen-ILS-2.6-alpha1.tar.gz and am
> about to give it a spin.
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
>
>> I was going to pull together the release notes to help people know about
>> new features in 2.6 so far, but it looks like the only release notes entry
>> at this point is for the library information TPAC pages (
>> http://goo.gl/eKIBhn) :/
>>
>>>
> There's at least one other release notes entry (authored by Remington
> Steed), located at
> docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/Circulation/lost_min_max_item_pricing.txt (
> http://goo.gl/EXdi8d ). I know because I snuck it in before Dan cut the
> release earlier today. :-)
>

Ah, indeed - my local git repo dated back to 9:00 this morning. Thanks for
getting that in, and my apologies for overlooking it!



> I did a quick perusal of the output of "git log rel_2_5..master", and saw
> many bug fixes mixed with some new features that could benefit from release
> notes. Heck, I might even argue that some of the bug fixes could use
> release notes. Baby steps, perhaps.
>
> I also saw a large number of documentation additions and updates, which is
> really encouraging. Looks like credit here goes to Remington Steed,
> Angela Kilsdonk, Dan Scott (hi, Dan!), and Elliot Voris. Thanks, everybody!
>

+1


> I have found the release notes increasingly useful, and I think it's worth
> putting effort into creating them. Thanks for raising the issue / pointed
> reminder.
>
> For my part, I've yanked my own pullrequest tag on one new feature, and
> will craft a release notes entry before restoring the tag.
>
> -jeff
>
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