Earlier this year we discussed whether Evergreen should apply to be an organization in the Google Summer of Code. The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects, and as such it is a popular program for both open source … Continue Reading about Google Summer of Code 2011 – Evergreen projects →
1.6.1.6, 2.0 RC2, and developer team meeting minutes
The developer team has been holding weekly meetings, primarily to help coordinate our 2.0 release efforts, for the past few months. The minutes from yesterday’s developer team meeting are available from the list of developer meetings. Our next meeting is January 11, 2011. Last night, Mike Rylander created two new releases of note: 1.6.1.6, the … Continue Reading about 1.6.1.6, 2.0 RC2, and developer team meeting minutes →
Evergreen releases: 2.0 beta 3, 1.6.1.4, 1.6.0.10
In a nice change of pace (hah!), the development team has been hard at work over the past week. We have published new releases in three of the current development and maintenance Evergreen branches on the downloads page. For libraries looking for acquisitions, user-friendly serials, and more, the third beta release of Evergreen 2.0 was … Continue Reading about Evergreen releases: 2.0 beta 3, 1.6.1.4, 1.6.0.10 →
Welcome, Dan Wells: Evergreen’s newest core committer
I am delighted to announce that, as of today, the Evergreen project has added another core committer. This morning, Dan Wells of the Hekman Library at Calvin College accepted our invitation to join us on the core committer team. Dan presented some of his early work on revamping serials support at the Evergreen International Conference … Continue Reading about Welcome, Dan Wells: Evergreen’s newest core committer →
Evergreen 2.0, alpha 4 – “Hot Diggity”
The Evergreen development team has put together another 2.0 alpha release in the relentless march towards stability. The release, cleverly named alpha 4, incorporates a much smaller number of bug fixes and performance improvements than alpha 3, suggesting that we are indeed getting close to the level of stability needed for a good beta release. … Continue Reading about Evergreen 2.0, alpha 4 – “Hot Diggity” →
Draft rules of governance for Evergreen Software Foundation – for discussion
After a great deal of effort through the summer, the Governance Committee struck at the 2010 Evergreen Conference is pleased to provide for your review and feedback the proposed rules of governance for the Evergreen Software Foundation. These rules can be found at the top of the “governance structure” space of the Evergreen wiki in … Continue Reading about Draft rules of governance for Evergreen Software Foundation – for discussion →