Zotero 3.1 shall henceforth be known as Zotero 4.0. The release schedule
has not changed.
After creating a changelog
(
http://www.zotero.org/support/4.0_changelog), we decided that there's
too much in this release to call it 3.1. Additionally, since we want to
get API syncing out as soon as possible, that would leave us in the
awkward position of calling a release that took over a year 3.1 and a
release that took a month or two 4.0. While this change may cause some
confusion in the forums—my apologies to the folks providing support—I
think it will make more sense overall.
So, here's the new version plan:
4.0:
- Everything in the former 3.1 branch
- Beta 1 within the next couple days
- Push the beta to Fx20 Beta users a few days after that
- Final release by the end of the month (or sooner, if possible)
4.1:
- API syncing
- Probably full-text content syncing
- Alpha or beta within a couple months
4.2 (after 4.0 has been cut off from syncing):
- New item types
Batch editing might make it into 4.2, but new item types/fields are the
top priority.
Finally, before we release 4.0 Beta 1, we'd appreciate any testing that
people can do of the 4.0 Branch dev XPI:
http://www.zotero.org/support/dev_builds#zotero_40_branch
Despite the warnings there, it should now be usable in non-English
locales, and you should be able to switch back to 3.0 safely. (There's
one situation I know of where you'd get a sync error in 3.0 after
switching back—if you create colored tags in 4.0 and then remove them
all and then switch back to 3.0 before syncing—but in theory, at least,
it should otherwise be fully backwards compatible.)
Particular focus is needed on file syncing, which has been completely
overhauled and is the most likely component to be buggy.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.
- Dan