Shibboleth Service Provider 2.5.0 Beta 1

[Cantor, Scott]

The first beta release of SP V2.5.0 is now available for testing and
non-production use.

Some information on software location and testing was posted to the dev
list:

http://marc.info/?l=shibboleth-dev&m=134025311229146&w=2

Many of the new features have been documented in new topics or in the
configuration reference pages, and there are highlights and links on the
following pages:

https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPConfigurationC
hanges
https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPInterestingFea
tures

It's strongly suggested that testers read through the ConfigurationChanges
topic; these are somewhat like release notes for the beta at this point.

As with any beta release, do NOT install this for production use and do
not upgrade production servers with it. We do not offer a guaranteed
upgrade path from a beta to the final release, and some new configuration
settings could still change between now and the release.

If you have any questions, please direct them to the dev list:
http://shibboleth.net/community/lists.html

Report any bugs to https://issues.shibboleth.net/ as usual.

If critical bugs are found, I will try to issue additional beta releases
as much as I can, and thank you in advance for any testing.

-- Scott