On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to
announce the availability of the first public beta release of the next
major version of Rivendell, v4.0.0beta1. Rivendell is a full-featured radio
automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast
environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License
version 2.

From the 'NEWS' file:
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   Second beta release of Rivendell v4.x. Be sure to read the INSTALL
   document, as major changes in software dependencies have occurred.

Major Changes Between v3.x and v4.x:
   Qt Toolkit. Rivendell v4.x uses and is fully compatibile with major
   version 5 of Qt (Qt5). See the INSTALL documents for specifics.

   MySQL Compatibility. Rivendell v4.x aims for full compatibility with
   MySQL 8.0 and earlier versions in their default installation
   configurations.

Database Update:
   This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 349, and will
   automatically upgrade any earlier versions. To see the current schema
   version prior to upgrade, see RDAdmin->SystemInfo.

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In addition to the Rivendell application code, I’m also pleased to announce the availability of two new installation systems for Rivendell 4:

For RedHat/CentOS 7:
https://software.paravelsystems.com/howtos/CentOS/7rd4/

For UbuntuStudio 20.04 LTS “Focal Fossa”: 
https://software.paravelsystems.com/howtos/ubuntu/focal/

Please feel free to spin up either environment and put the system through its paces. Please create an Issue report for any problems found at:

https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/issues

Be sure to mention both the version of Rivendell and distribution used.

Cheers!


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