6.0-beta

hgunz · February 13, 2022

Dumb question: where can I find a description of what's new in the new versions of the betas as they install themselves? The "What's new" link in the "About Zotero" seems to be focussed on the release versions, not the betas. It would be nice to know what to look for, especially in what at least looks like a major jump (to 6.0). Are the changelogs for the betas available anywhere?

qqbb · February 13, 2022

There's no detailed changelog, but this should be up-to-date:
https://www.zotero.org/support/pdf_reader_preview

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/88064/available-in-preview-zotero-pdf-reader-and-new-note-editor/p1
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/93521/available-for-beta-testing-markdown-export-of-notes/p1

(New features are announced in pinned threads.)

qqbb · February 13, 2022

See also here: https://www.zotero.org/support/changelog

hgunz · February 13, 2022

Thanks. I'd certainly come across the first two threads, but as far as I can see the changelog page only goes as far as 5.0.96.4 -- i.e. the release version. I can't see anything about beta releases (unless it's right under my nose and I'm missing it, which wouldn't be the first time that's happened to me).

adamsmith · February 13, 2022

Because the beta is in constant development, there's no exhaustive & authoritative list of features/functionality. The changelog will appear with the first public release (possibly the release candidate) and documentation will be updated at around the same time. Right now the forum threads are all there is.

hgunz · February 13, 2022

Thanks. Good to know.

cheflo · February 14, 2022

I think it would be great to be able to see what has changed in a new beta build before deciding to install it on our systems. I tried searching the GitHub repo, but I could not find a changelog file. While I could browse through all the commits, this is not an easy way to get a high level overview of what has changed. Even a draft list that the development team is using to keep tracking of the main changes before writing the official changelog would be very helpful. Is there such as file somewhere already, or are changes not written down anywhere of until it is time to write up the official release changelog for the docs?

warguelles · February 14, 2022

Some days ago, in another thread, @dstillman has summarized and updated the information. Maybe this is what you are looking for:

I've updated the preview page with some newer details, but we'll be updating the PDF reader documentation when Zotero 6 ships.