streamline-announce Mailing List for Streamline PHP Media Server

All,

We are excited to announce that we are very close to releasing version 
1.0-Beta4.  We have reached a code freeze point where all major goals 
and features for this release have been implemented.  We are now just 
waiting on final testing to be finished.  The actual release date will 
depend how the testing goes but we are aiming for the 13th-18th of 
November.  If anyone is interested in helping with testing, that would 
be great.  Thanks.

Regards,
Michael MacFadden
Streamline Dev Staff

All,

We are very excited to announce that Streamline v1.0 Beta 1 have been 
released (On-Time!!!).  With this release, streamline has achieved a new 
level of stability and usability.  This version is much more robust and 
has gone through more testing than the previous alpha releases.  If you 
are currently using an alpha version of Streamline, or if you have been 
waiting for the project to mature a little, we strongly encourage you to 
check out this release.  Thanks for your interest in Streamline.  As 
always, your comments, questions and suggestions are very much welcomed!

Regards,

Michael MacFadden
Streamline Project Administrator

FYI,

The packaging for the v1.0 Beta 1 release is going to begin tomorrow 
August 30.  There will be preliminary build used for final testing on 
Monday.  The final build will be done and uploaded on Tuesday for 
general availability on Wednesday Sept. 1st.  If you have an final bug 
reports that you would like to see addressed now is your last chance to 
get them into Beta 1.  Thanks.

Regards,
Michael MacFadden,
Streamline Dev Team

P.S.  We will be starting right in on the beta 2 release so keep those 
feature requests coming.

All,

Guess what?  We lied....   That's right, there was not stable 
cvs-snapshot last night, but there is a good reason.  As of today, 
Streamline has support for the SQLite database back end.  This is great 
for people who don't have access or administrative access to a MySQL or 
PostgreSQL database.  SQLite is now packaged with PHP 5 and is easily 
added to PHP 4 so this should allow many more people to use Streamline.

In any event we decided to hold of the stable snapshot until today so 
that we could include the SQLite support.  Check the web site tomorrow 
for a new stable snapshot.

Regards,
The Streamline Dev Staff

All,

At the end of the day today, there will be a new stable CVS snapshot of 
Streamline available on the project web site at:

http://streamline.sourceforge.net/cvs-snapshots/

The latest snapshot adds support for installation with a PostgreSQL 
database.  This will probably be the last stable CVS snapshot before the 
first Beta release, so if you have been itching to get Streamline 
installed with a PostgreSQL database and you can't wait a few more 
weeks, then check the project web site on or after Friday, August 13, 2004.

Regards,
The Streamline Dev Staff

All,

FYI, the Streamline PHP Media Server has moved to a new project name on 
SourceForge.net.  The original project name was streamline-mp3.  
However, since Streamline is now capable of more than just mp3 
streaming, we decided to drop the "-mp3" from the project name and go 
with simply, "streamline".  The new project URLs are as follows:

Project Page:  http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/streamline/
Home Page:  http://streamline.sourceforge.net.

There have been a few glitches in moving the project over to its new 
name, so if you notice any problems please email the project admin.  The 
site move is part of the gear up for the first Beta release of 
Streamline.  This will the most mature and feature rich version of 
streamline.  While still only a beta release we are aiming to hit a new 
level of stability for the project.  The release should be out in the 
beginning of September, so be source to check back then.


Regards,
Streamline Dev Staff