osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 Alpha 5 "Vanillekipferl"
14th March 2009
http://www.oscommerce.com

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This is the last alpha release for v3.0 and is the first that can be used in a
production environment. We highly recommend the installation of this release
by store owners who will be performing it themselves, and for hosting and
service providers to wait for the final v3.0 release before making it available
to their customers.

An upgrade path from osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 is not included in this
release but will be made as a separate package as soon as it is ready.

The development repository has moved from a centralized subversion server to a
decentralized git repository with a public master branch hosted at Github. The
git repository makes it easier for developers to fork and create branches on
their own development machines to easily share changes with other developers.

The Github repository can be reached at:

http://github.com/osCommerce/oscommerce

With the migration to git, the $Id$ tags in each source code file have been
rendered useless. An alternative solution will be put in place for the final
v3.0 release.

The roadmap leading up to the final v3.0 release is described as:

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 Alpha 5
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* Product Attributes Implementation
* Product Variants Implementation
* Dynamic Table Listings (Administration Tool)
* Live Search (Administration Tool)
* Administration Tool sections now self-contained Applications
* Error Logging; both PHP and MySQL errors and warnings now logged (forced
  runtime usage of PHP E_ALL and MySQL STRICT_ALL_TABLES)
* Stabilized Framework
* Usage of JSON for RPC calls
* Inclusion of jQuery v1.3.2 and jQuery UI v1.7

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 Beta 1 (and possible Beta 2)
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* HTML E-Mails
* Purchase Without Account
* Frozen Framework
* Updated Frontend/GUI
* Upgrade from v2.2 and v3.0 Alpha 5

Known issues from v3.0 Alpha 5 that will be fixed:

* Virtual Products (downloadable)
* Specials for Product Variants

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0
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* Bugfixes
* Finalize Updated Frontend/GUI
* Documentation
* Certified Modules
* Upgrade from v2.2 and v3.0 Beta 1

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.1
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* Backup/Import/Export Features
* Order Editor

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.2
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* Gift Vouchers and Coupons

osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 Alpha 5 is the first v3.0 release to be
supported. Add-Ons for this release are now accepted and discussions on the
community support forums are welcome.

The Add-Ons site can be reached at:

http://addons.oscommerce.com

The Community Support Forums can be reached at:

http://forums.oscommerce.com

Please report bugs to the issue tracker at:

http://svn.oscommerce.com/jira

We wish you a lot of fun with this release and look forward to your feedback!

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osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
http://www.oscommerce.com
