Greenstone3 v3.03 has been released for Windows, GNU/Linux and in Source form (it runs on the Mac no problem; just recompile from source). This release finally contains all the features in Greenstone2, including OAI-PMH and Remote Building support (which are new to this version). It is now very easy to install — just as easy as Greenstone2! This release has been extensively tested.

The principal difference between Greenstone2 and Greenstone3 is the format language. Greenstone3 supports more sophisticated XSLT format statements. Right now they are more complex to use, but developments in the pipeline will make it far easier than Greenstone2 in future. (The only other differences are that Greenstone3 still lacks collaging, and collection/document-level authentication.)

There is one known issue. We forgot to ensure that collections built with Greenstone2 are automatically converted when loaded into GLI under Greenstone3. We will add this facility, but for now a manual conversion program is available here; instructions for its use appear in Greenstone3 for Greenstone2 Users.

Greenstone2 will continue to be supported for a long time yet (years), but ultimately we see Greenstone3 replacing it. See the Greenstone3 home page and the Wiki for more details.

We are pleased to announce that Greenstone v2.74 is now available for download.

This is a stable release. It has been tested extensively.
It contains mainly bug fixes and no new features.

Important changes in this release include (in no particular order):

• MetadataXMLPlug can no longer be removed
• Fixed authentication bugs on windows
• Fixed bugs in the remote GLI
• Interface improvements in GLI
• New ‘NoText’ metadata can be used to suppress the dummy text
• Make remote GLI work ok IIS 6
• Download plug for downloading from a Mediawiki website from GLI
• Open on the File menu is disabled while a collection is loading to prevent exceptions
• Can now double click an index to bring up the ‘Edit Index’ window
• Added Catalan GLI interface. Many thanks to Eduardo el Valle
• Added Vietnamese GLI interface. Many thanks to Cao Minh Kiem

…and many other improvements and bug fixes

Greenstone v2.73 released! An unstable release containing new features and bug fixes. See the release notes for more information.

See the Greenstone3 home page. Greenstone2 will continue to be supported for a long time yet (years), but ultimately we see Greenstone3 replacing it. This is a beta release: it contains (virtually) all the features needed for Greenstone2 compatibility, and has been extensively tested. We have added a new section to the Wiki on Greenstone3, and in particular a new page entitled Greenstone3 for Greenstone2 users about how to set it up and migrate your collections (with a list of possible problem areas). Greenstone2 is certainly not yet in the past, but Greenstone3 is definitely the future!

Greenstone v2.72 released! A stable release containing new features and bug fixes. See the release notes for more information.

The UNESCO CD-ROM containing Greenstone 2.70u, plus all documentation (English/French/Spanish/Russian), plus 4 documented example collections, plus associated software like Java and ImageMagick, is available at no charge from Jean-Claude Dauphin (jc.dauphin@unesco.org) or Susannah Farey (s.farey@unesco.org).