[Rackmonkey-announce] RackMonkey Birthday and v1.2.5

[RackMonkey A. L. <rac...@li...>]

Hello,

RackMonkey is five years old this month. To celebrate I will be
releasing v1.2.5 Preview 1 this Sunday, 15th March.
This release has been a long time in coming, but should usher in a
period of more frequent releases. New features in the preview include:

* Many UI Improvements
* Excel spreadsheet export
* Print CSS for much better quality printouts
* Numbering racks from the top as well as bottom
* Basic formatting of notes fields

This preview has only undergone basic testing, but I hope it gives you
a flavour of the forthcoming release. The download will be available
from 15th March at http://www.rackmonkey.org.

Rather than going for a major rewrite to add major features in a v2
release I have decided to build on the v1.2 series instead. The first
features I plan to bring to the current code base are:

* The ability to place items in the back and front of a rack
* The recording of power usage
* 1.5U devices (a common request for switches)

All of these will be looked at for v1.3, which will follow v1.2.5.

I am also reviewing your feature requests and will do my best to add
popular features quickly.

Thank you for your interest in RackMonkey, I hope you find the new
release useful.

Kind regards,
Will Green
RackMonkey Developer
http://www.rackmonkey.org