RELEASE: New Version of Crop Planning Software: Beta2

[croppl...@gmail.com]

I'm very happy to announce a new version of my Crop Planning
Software. This is a MINOR BUGFIX RELEASE, incorporating some minor
updates and a bugfix for a common problem that was plaguing Mac users
of the last release. Downloads for Mac, Windows and all other Java-
supported platforms are available from the website:

http://cropplanning.googlecode.com

At this point, the single greatest thing you can do to help improve
the software and speed along its development is to use the program and
SEND ME FEEDBACK. (Please email your thoughts to
croppl...@gmail.com) Give the software a try and tell me about:

* your general impressions and experiences using the software
* obvious software bugs and problems:
* things that don't work as expected
* things that look funny on the screen
* incorrect output
* software crashes, etc.
* things that are confusing and that need to be clarified
* features that AREN'T there that you think SHOULD be
* features that ARE there that you think SHOULDN'T be

Please remember that this is being released as totally free software
and it's SUPPOSED TO BE USEFUL; if you don't find it useful or don't
think you would ever use it, please let me know why so that I can
consider how to make it more useful to more people.

Thank you,
Clayton Carter

===[ Release Notes for Crop Planning Software version Beta2 ]===

CropPlanning Software
http://cropplanning.googlecode.com
croppl...@gmail.com
Nov 25, 2009

Release Notes for the Beta2 release of Version 1.0

See the last section for list of changes and improvements since last
version.

===[ WARNING ]===

This software is being released in a "beta" state. This means that
the software MAY be unstable or unpredictable. Please use this
version
for testing and tinkering ONLY.

Our use and testing shows that the software is stable enough to be
useful, doesn't corrupt or lose data, and performs pretty much as
promised. But there are still numerous small problems and bugs that
need to be fixed before we can give a more general stamp of approval.

Until then, this software is FOR TESTING ONLY.

===[ Installation ]===

Please follow installation instructions at:

http://code.google.com/p/cropplanning/wiki/SetupAndInstallation

Briefly: 1) Make sure Java 1.5 or greater is installed, 2) Open the
archive (which you had to do to read this), 3) Copy the enclosed files
to your hard drive, 4) double click on the program file (On Mac:
CropPlanning, on Windows: CropPlanning.exe)

===[ Using the Program ]===

There is a brief introduction to the program available at

http://code.google.com/p/cropplanning/wiki/ProgramUsageIntroduction

===[ How To Help ]===

Communicate! Send all of your ideas, suggestions, bugs, etc to
cropplann...@gmail.com. Also, just take a look at our "HelpWanted"
page to see if you can help out any other way:

http://code.google.com/p/cropplanning/wiki/HelpWanted