2.5.0 Beta features fairly substantial behind-the-scenes code changes, thus necessitating the Beta pre-release designation. Primarily, changes are centered around ensuring that the codebase is compatible with MySQL 8 and PHP 8, as well as converting select MySQL commands to utilize PHP's Prepared Statement protocols. This release also features, as always, various bug fixes and a few small enhancements. More details and a complete list of fixes is available on the 2.5.0 Beta Milestone.
This release incorporates the Australian Amateur Brewing Championship (AABC) 2022 styles, as well as the 2022 updates to the Brewer's Association (BA) styles.
Finally, this release removes the recipe-related UI fields from the add- and edit-entry functions. A future release will incorporate upload of PDF or BeerXML recipe documents for individual entries.
The purpose of this release is to gather feedback from users about features and to bear out the underlying code changes. The beta release phase will be at least two months to allow sufficient time for gathering that feedback. A full release is targeted for September, 2022.
This release is not yet stable for production use and should only be downloaded and used by those who very familiar with BCOE&M or those wishing to help find bugs in the software.