[Bugs-general] Get ready for BUGS 2 Beta 3 "Corundum"

[Daniel A. E. <ze...@ze...>]

Everyone!

Tomorrow, we're releasing BUGS 2 beta 3 - codenamed "Corundum". In addition to 
making sure that everything we promised for this release is available, we've 
also been hard at work trying to fix a bunch of issues reported since our 
previous beta release - "Blue Topaz" - and we have succeeded far beyond our 
expectations.

So, what can you expect from this release? Here are the highlights:

* All modules are now feature complete
* Translation support is done, and both the B2 core and all modules have been 
translated (see the i18n/ folder for translations)
* Calendar module is included
* SVN Integration module is included
* Search speed has been dramatically improved
* The BUGS 2 core has been improved in several key areas, seeing speed 
improvements all over
* Most pages validate (http://validator.w3.org/)
* 23 reported issues fixed since beta 2, as well as several unreported issues

That's impressive - but there is more coming! We have one more beta version to 
release before we're issuing our first Release Candidate. What's coming in the 
next beta version?

Since the upgrade functionality from BUGS 1 is one of the most important areas 
for many of you, we will focus heavily on upgrading from BUGS 1 in our next 
beta release. This release will also see the completion of the command line 
client, which makes it possible to both install BUGS 2 and perform basic tasks 
from the command line. This should make managing BUGS 2 installations much 
easier for server admins.

If you are currently using BUGS 1, and want to make sure that it is possible 
to upgrade to BUGS 2, please send me an email if you want to be a part of the 
beta testing team for this functionality. We cannot make this functionality 
work perfectly without your help, so please use this opportunity to get your 
voice heard!

If you want to help us translate BUGS 2 into your language, and have your 
translation included when we release, please drop me an email so I can add you 
to our list of translators.

As always, we have put together a list of fixed reported issues since the last 
release (you don't need an account to see this list):
http://www.thebuggenie.com/b2/modules/search/search.php?saved_search=true&s_id=21

BUGS 2 beta 3 will be available from our webpage (http://www.thebuggenie.net/) 
as well as our sourceforge.net project page.

Tomorrow!

-Daniel André Eikeland
Project Manager, zegenie Studios
http://www.thebuggenie.net/