Ficus 1 RC3

[Ned Batchelder]

Everyone,

The next Ficus test release is available: open-release/ficus.1rc3 .  (If you have been following closely, you will note that we skipped rc2). 

This is not for production!  This release is based on the edx.org code of January 10th, which will be the basis for Ficus.

Some release notes:

• This is the Ficus code. There will be fixes applied, but typical development will not affect Ficus from this point on.
• This version now has a Fullstack installation, which installs the same code and services as Native, but in a Vagrant box.
• The Native instructions now include a step to randomize passwords.
• There is no upgrade script from Eucalyptus to Ficus, and there will not be one.  Eucalyptus runs on Ubuntu 12.04, Ficus on 16.04.  The major operating system bump means that automatic upgrading is not possible.
  
• Docs have not been updated yet.
  

If you need help with Ficus.1rc3, the openedx-ops mailing list, or the #ops channel in Slack, are the best places to get help: http://open.edx.org/getting-help

Thanks,

--Ned.