November 2013 Summaries

Paul Stovell announced the release of the Octopus Deploy 2.0 public beta, available for download from a new GitHub repository, marking a significant development six months in the making. The update involved extensive code revisions to introduce numerous new features and establish a platform for future growth. Stovell plans to provide further insights into the new features and changes in upcoming blog posts, inviting users to explore the beta version on a virtual machine. As the founder and CEO of Octopus Deploy, Stovell, who started the company with his wife Sonia in 2012, also enjoys carpentry and DIY projects in his free time.

Octopus 2.0 represents a near-complete rewrite of the software, with current functionality largely operational but still requiring improvements in installation, configuration, and usability. To address these issues, "hand-held" preview releases have been shared with select users to gather feedback. The rollout plan includes finalizing bug fixes for a hands-on preview release, followed by a private beta (beta 1), and then a public beta (beta 2) intended for everyday use, albeit with some minor bugs and without a migration tool. Before declaring it "production ready," the team plans to refine the software, allowing time for stabilization and the development of a migration tool from version 1.X. Paul Stovell, the founder and CEO, began Octopus in 2012, and in his spare time, he enjoys carpentry and DIY projects.