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Opencast

EDTECH
Velocity2.5

Open source solution for automated video capture and distribution in education

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Opencast maintains three release lines in parallel, and its feed shows only version numbers.

lecture capturevideo platformhigher educationmaintenance releasesopen source
◆Current state
Opencast, the university lecture-capture platform, ships regular point releases on three supported lines: 20.x (current), 19.x and 18.x. Every feed entry is a version tag that links to external release notes, so the specific changes are not visible here. The steady pattern of 20.x and 19.x releases landing within a day of each other points to coordinated backporting.
◆Where it's heading
The cadence is roughly monthly per line, with 18.x releases getting rarer, which fits a project that supports older majors for a set window and then retires them. Because the feed has no changelog content, it doesn't show which features are moving.
◆Prediction
Expect 20.5 and 19.10 around late October and 18.x to wind down; what they will contain can't be read from this feed.

◆Recent moves

  1. 21h ago

    Opencast 19.10

    Another 19.x maintenance release, five weeks after 19.9, with the feed again linking only to external notes. The previous major keeps getting regular point releases alongside 20.x.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Opencast 20.4 point release on the current line

    The latest point release on the current 20.x line, published alongside 19.9. The feed only links to external notes, so it reads as routine maintenance.

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  3. 1mo ago

    Opencast 19.9 maintenance release for the 19.x line

    A 19.x maintenance release shipped a day before 20.4, which fits the pattern of coordinated backports to the previous major.

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  4. 2mo ago

    Opencast 20.3 point release on the current line

    A monthly point release on the 20.x line with no details in the feed. It continues the steady maintenance cadence.

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  5. 2mo ago

    Opencast 19.8 maintenance release for the 19.x line

    A 19.x maintenance release that keeps the previous major supported alongside 20.x.

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  6. 3mo ago

    Opencast 18.9 maintenance release for the 18.x line

    An 18.x release two months after 18.8. The widening gap suggests the oldest supported line is nearing end of life.

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