Hey everybody!

It's been a long time coming, but the shiny-new CloudFusion 2.5 release is here! One of the biggest changes is the (official) launch of the project's new name and an all-new website to go along with it. Check it out at http://getcloudfusion.com.

Sponsoring development:
I've decided to remove the ads from the website. As such, I'm now depending on people like you to help sponsor ongoing development. I'm looking for donations of cash or code (or both). Cash donations can be made via Paypal, or alternatively, I've posted my Amazon wishlist. Donations of code are accepted as Github pull requests containing patches, fixes, more unit tests, and other stuff that is valuable to our community. Whatever you can do will be greatly appreciated.

Along with this version comes a few changes:
* Google Group is now at http://groups.google.com/group/cloudfusion
* You post Google Group messages to cloudfusion@googlegroups.com
* New documentation browser with many more (working) examples.
* More tutorials and screencasts for getting started and learning new stuff.
* All code has moved to Github. http://github.com/cloudfusion
* Lots of unit testing has gone into this release to help us catch and prevent as many bugs as possible.

Things to check out:
* Tutorials: http://getcloudfusion.com/docs
* Documentation browser: http://getcloudfusion.com/docs/2.5/

Release notes and things to know:
* Fixes and changes: http://code.google.com/p/tarzan-aws/issues/list?can=1&q=label%3AMiles...
* AmazonAAWS() is now called AmazonPAS(). There is also a new set_locale() method. Because of this, setting the locale on each individual method is deprecated.
* Function signature for AmazonPAS::list_search() has changed.
* Function signature for AmazonPAS::help() has changed.
* Function signature for AmazonPAS::cart_get() has changed.
* Function signature for AmazonSQS::get_queue_attributes() has changed.

Known issues:
* Not all of the services are up-to-date. Quite simply, I ran out of time. They'll be updated in subsequent releases.
* Not all classes are unit tested yet. S3 and EC2 have hardly any testing yet, but those will come.
* Not all classes have examples in the documentation yet. Again, S3 and EC2 are the services currently lacking.
* I didn't have time to write as many tutorials as I'd have liked. They'll be coming in time.
* Because I don't really use Windows at all anymore, I haven't checked any part of the new site in Internet Explorer.

I could really use some help in a few areas:
* Patching reported bugs and sending me a Git pull request.
* Writing PHPT unit tests for S3 and EC2 classes.
* Adding support for new versions of Amazon's API and supporting the newer services that haven't been added yet.

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Ryan Parman
Creator and Developer of CloudFusion
http://getcloudfusion.com
http://github.com/cloudfusion
http://twitter.com/cloudfusion