BlogEngine.net 1.2.5 Scrapped

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Apparently this just isn't my day when it comes to project released that I've been looking forward to. Mads Kristensen posted to the BlogEngine.net project's website stating that the 1.2.5 release of the project (a service pack, really) will no longer happen and that all of its changes will be rolled into a 1.3 release, due before the end of the year.

Disappointing, yes, but really for the best. The 1.2.5 release fixed quite a few bugs, but none of them show stoppers (well, for me) and 1.3 looks to add some new features to the equation.

Coming in 1.3:

• Full mono support (right out of the box)
• Updated Meta-Weblog API including support for creating/editing pages in WLW
• Improved Blog importer/exporter, including support for easily switching between XML and SQL backends
• New extension manager to managing extensions and their settings
• New events for extension writers
• Support for mobile devices
• New themes

I'm especially looking forward to the mobile device support and further Live Writer integration.

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