So, you must be thinking "What's this EntitySpaces 1.5.2 release? we thought 1.6.0 was next?". The truth is we weren't originally planning to do a 1.5.2 release but it became apparent that this release needs to happen for several reasons. One of the main driving factors for this release is VistaDB 3.0, we plan to fully support VistaDB 3.0 before its official release. It is our hope that upon the next release of the VistaDB CTP there will be no issues preventing us from releasing the EntitySpaces DataProvider for VistaDB, indeed all of the coding is done for it already. We know the VistaDB team is working hard on their next CTP. 

Also, VistaDB runs under the Compact Framework and tonight we successfully compiled EntitySpaces under the Compact Framework as well. This means any device VistaDB runs on EntitySpaces will also. EntitySpaces should also now run under Mono but we have not tested that yet. About the only real problem encountered in getting EntitySpaces to compile under the Compact Framework was our custom configuration section logic and binary serialization. We will still maintain only one codebase and use #IFDEF's in our code to compile for the Compact Framework and without. We are focusing now upon getting EntitySpaces working clean on the Compact Framework. Part of this involves allowing EntitySpaces to run in configless mode which we will offer for both the Compact Framework and our main build. This will help those who might be developing for hosting environments and who need to have a hundred or so connections.

Also, futher support for DotNetNuke including the DNN Object Qualifier and the ability to pull the the connection string directly from the DNN config file are in the works. Of course, there will be a few fixes to address some issues that have been reported as well.

It is our thinking that the 1.5.2 release will be ship near the end of November or early December. Our 1.6.0 release is still all about ASP.NET DataBinding on steroids including hierarchical databinding. The EntitySpaces 1.6.0 roadmap should be published by the end of November and our thinking is that the 1.6.0 release will ship in early 2007. 

- The EntitySpaces Team