annoucements about the service and software of CAT

[Stefan Winter <stefan.winter AT restena.lu>]

Hello,

we are happy to release a first beta version of the CAT 2.0 codebase.

Since the codebase is really very mature, we now encourage everybody to
test installer generation. We have ported the production database
content to that new version, so you can use it as if it were the real thing.

To test the new version, please log into
https://cat-test.eduroam.org/beta/

As usual with test versions, any change you make on that version will be
lost in the future when we move the actual production version. So feel
free to try out new settings and things to your liking in this parallel
world. You may also want to take screenshots etc. for your local support
pages as the default skin is a lot different from before.

Please note that we are close before putting 2.0 into actual production.
The release is named "beta" only because of features for the new
deployment mode "eduroam Managed IdP" - which is not what will be on
cat.eduroam.org later; that one has its own release date and will be on
a different set of VMs. The subset of code that goes to cat.eduroam.org
is so stable that any subsequent release - say, beta2 - could be the one
we push into production.

So the time to test this in a pre-production stage is NOW :-)

The new release also marks a significant change in deployment: the
previously separated instances of CAT in Germany (cat.eduroam.de) and
CAT world-wide (cat.eduroam.org) will be merged into one single
deployment on cat.eduroam.org. The beta1 version already provides
installers for all eduroam countries, including Germany.

The release is already tagged on GitHub ("v2.0.0-beta1") and a new
branch "release_2_0" has been created. The tarball is a GitHub "release".

You can find the Changelog at
https://github.com/GEANT/CAT/blob/release_2_0/Changes.md (this URL is
also linked in the footer of the deployment; which was a feature request
for the new version).

We ship this version in 10 languages; four of which are 100% complete:

'Български', 'Català', 'Čeština', 'Deutsch', 'English(GB)', 'Español',
'Hrvatski', 'Italiano', 'Polski', 'Srpski', 'Suomi', 'Português'

If you see a string which should be translated to your local language
but is not, please switch to one of the complete translations (German,
English, Polish, Bulgarian). If the string is translated there, all is
fine (translation pending). If not, please report the string in question
as "misses a translation tag".

The schedule for the subsequent release is: testing and catch missing
translations until 09 Sep (two work weeks from now); fix remaining bugs
and update translations until 30 Sept); in case of no showstoppers
release beta2 and put into production on 01 Oct (pending approval by
GEANT Operations).

Greetings,

Stefan Winter

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