When will the new version be coming out?
When:
- Brian finishes the JSON parser, and
- it's tested to have no significant bugs
Which means that we are currrently searching for beta-testers, which will get it by PM when Brian finishes the JSON-parser. Then they'll get new beta releases through the auto-updater after they sign up to the site (and I, Fluffy or Brian gives them the right flag in the system).
The initial one works like this because:
- You have to have used BOS5 at least once before you can sign up to the server, and
- The update server was changed. 4.8 users (which use the old server) will still get auto-updated to 5.0 though when it's publicly released.
Also, there isn't a hard limit on how many people will be in the beta.