Update for beta 1

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 17 deletions

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@@ -7,27 +7,38 @@ interface.
 
 
 SECURITY (& INTENDED AUDIENCE):
-This is the fourth technology preview of Gallery 3.0 and as such
-it is not intended to be installed on public websites yet.
+This is the first beta release of Gallery 3.0 and while it's not a
+finished product, it's heading into the home stretch.  You can install
+it on public websites, but remember that until the final release is
+out, we make no guarantees that it won't do bad things.
+
 Note:
- - We've contracted a professional security audit, but not all issues
-   have been resolved in this release.  There may be serious security
-   vulnerabilities.
- - A series of key features are yet to be added (e.g. a way to
- - There is no guaranteed upgrade path yet. You *will* be forced to
-   reinstall Gallery 3 to use the next public release.
+ - We've contracted a professional security audit, received their results
+   and resolved all the really dire issues they found.  There are still some
+   issues, but they are more along the lines of "you should ask for the old
+   password as a confirmation when you let users change their password".
+   Ie, they're issues but they're not really bad.  We'll take care of them
+   before the final release.
+ - Most of the key features are in, but some of them (notably the "add from
+   server" and "organize album" features) are probably going to be completely
+   rewritten.
+ - Starting with beta 1 we're going to offer an upgrade path so you won't
+   have to reinstall and start all over (yay!)
+
+The intended audience of this release is folks who are willing to live
+a little bit on the edge. We'll do our best to take care of your data
+and your security, but we might screw it up here or there.  We welcome
+theme and module developers to play with this release and start
+turning out slick new designs for our happy users.
 
-The intended audience of this release are enthusiasts, designers and
-module developers. This is the right time to do a test drive with the
-improved user interface and to start developing feature extensions and
-designing new themes.
+Did you find a security flaw?  Please email security@gallery.menalto.com
+with the details and we'll fix it ASAP!
 
-Please send your feedback to gallery-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
 
 SUPPORTED CONFIGURATION:
  - Platform: Linux / Unix.
  - Web server: Apache 2.2 and newer.
- - PHP 5.2 and newer (PHP's safe_mode must be disabled and simplexml,
+ - PHP 5.2.3 and newer (PHP's safe_mode must be disabled and simplexml,
    filter, and json must be installed).
  - Database: MySQL 5 and newer.
 
@@ -48,8 +59,17 @@ INSTALLATION FROM THE COMMAND LINE:
  -x     Table prefix           (default: )
 
 
-Questions, problems:
-  - Check out the gallery3 FAQ http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:FAQ
-  - Email gallery-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+BUGS?
+Go to http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/gallery/ click the "login" link
+and log in with your SourceForge username and password, then click the
+"new ticket" button.  Mark any issues you find with the "Beta 2"
+milestone and we'll try to get 'em done for the next release.
+
+
+QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS:
+ - Check out the gallery3 FAQ http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery3:FAQ
+ - Post to the Gallery 3 forums: http://gallery.menalto.com/forum/96
+ - Email gallery-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
+