I've just uploaded a new Chat with the CEO movie about WebGUI releases and stability. This has important timing, because the WebGUI release coming out today (7.5.24) is the release you must decide whether you're an early adopter of 7.6 or not.

Let me back up a bit. For those of you that don't know how releases of WebGUI work either read on or watch the video. 

We have two versions, beta and stable. Stable releases are good for those concerned with as bug free an environment as possible. The current stable release is 7.5.24. Beta releases are used to showcase our latest features and to get input from the community about bugs in the new release before it goes stable. The first 7.6 beta release will be out next Tuesday. You can download both the beta and stable from getwebgui.com, and you can demo the beta and stable versions as well. 

We also provide shunt releases that allow you to upgrade from a stable to a beta rather than waiting for the beta to turn stable. This is for you early adopters out there. Incidentally, if you would ever consider using a beta for a new feature then you are by definition an early adopter. We typically only provide one shunt release to get you from the current stable to the new beta, and that's happening now. That shunt release to go from 7.5 to 7.6 is 7.5.24. You must make the decision before upgrading to 7.5.25, because once you've gone to 7.5.25 (or higher) you must stay on the stable release until the beta becomes stable.

The beta releases are generally fairly stable, but are labeled beta because they haven't gone through the rigorous testing and bug fixing periods that a stable release must go through. But, plainblack.com and webgui.org are always running the latest beta releases before we release them. This helps us guage the stability of the release. We also provide hosting on both versions (though we don't recommend hosting on the beta unless you are an experienced WebGUI user and you know exactly what you're getting yourself into).

To be absolutely clear: You only need to care about the shunt release if you want to use the beta version. You will always have an upgrade path to go from 7.5 stable to 7.6 stable, once 7.6 stable becomes available.

I hope the combination of my text explanation, and the video will allow you to make an informed decision about whether you want to switch to 7.6 beta or not. And my dev team looks forward to your feedback about any bugs you find in the beta.