If You Want to Take Part
Anybody can download and start using the beta, but I would prefer if you let us know that you're using it, either by sending us a note on the Google Group/Mailing List, or by dropping a note in this thread. Basically I want to know how widespread the use is so that it's easier to gauge how long the beta needs to keep running for.
Latest Version
Download: http://cloud.github.com/downloads/swift ... rc1.tar.gz
Docs: http://swiftmailer.org/betas/docs/v4-wo ... index.html
Bug Reporting
http://swiftmailer.lighthouseapp.com/ (I believe registration is required but it's free and quick - Open ID is supported)
This is crucial and I really appreciate that this takes a little effort on your part. I will be worried if there are no bug reports provided during this beta
Bug reports are good! If we didn't want to find bugs we'd have gone straight to 4.0.0 without running the beta!
DON'T:
- Post bugs in this thread
- Post bugs on the mailing list
- Post bugs anywhere else in this forum
http://swiftmailer.lighthouseapp.com/pr ... ickets/new
If your bug report is because v4 has broken something that used to work in v3, please tag it with "regression".
Group Discussion (Users and Developers)
We have set up a Google Group. Currently I'll respond to anything posted here. It's an open group so users will subscribe and join in with discussions.
http://groups.google.com/group/swiftmailer
Documentation
You'll definitely need this. It's a work-in-progress so there are probably a lot of typos and there are missing chunks (such as how to use plugins). You should see this updated daily. Discussion of Plugins will be added in the next day or two.
http://swiftmailer.org/betas/docs/v4-wo ... index.html
ETA for Production Release
We need bug reports, we really do. We at least need some feedback on the beta phase so do provide it. The plan is to roll out versioned-betas (b1, b2, b3) etc before finally releasing a production version. We'll be making regular releases (once a week or more) during this time. The current "deadline" for a production release is 21st February 2009 - but it's just an estimate.
I'll be offering the beta directly via swiftmailer.org shortly.
Let us know how you go!