History

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A Brief History of EPrints

The EPrints project was created by Professor Stephen Harnad.

Rob Tansley leaves the EPrints Project Christopher Gutteridge joins the EPrints Project

Work begins on EPrints 2

June 2001: Mike Jewell joins EPrints, working primarily on installer software
August 2001: EPrints 2 Alpha-1 (Anchovy) released.
Jan 2002: EPrints 2 Alpha-2 (Pepperoni) released.
Feb 14 2002: EPrints 2.0 (Olive) released.
Apr 17 2002: EPrints 2.0.1 (Tuna) released. Mostly bugfixes.
July 1 2002: EPrints offically joins GNU Project.
July 4 2002: GNU EPrints 2.1 (Pineapple) released. Added subscriptions and OAI 2.0 support.
October 31 2002: GNU EPrints 2.2 (Pumpkin) released. Added subject editors and GDOME support.
January 12 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.0 released.
February 5 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.1 released.
February 25 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.2 released.
March 4 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.3 released.
July 6 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.4 released.
August 6 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.5 released.
August 9 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.6 released.
November 25 2004: GNU EPrints 2.3.7 released.