Dear all,
You can start testing v2.4.0 Release Candidate 1(!). A number of issues have been fixed and languages have been updated (see list below). The next pre-final release will be out in 2 weeks from now.
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=72096&package_id=172443
(Make sure you pick the 2.4.0 RC1 release 
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Download at this stage is only the multiplatform version. To start the installer you normally only need to double click on the file. If that doesn’t work, make sure you have Java 1.5 or higher installer. If you have that, you can also issue the following command from a terminal (DOS) window: java -jar geonetwork-install-2.4.0-RC1.jar
You are welcome to submit issues you find in the ticket system at http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork/report
For those who are testing, it would be great if you could do the following:
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Run through the checklist: http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork/wiki/releasing
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Read the documentation and provide updates where needed (they are needed!
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Provide updated screenshots where applicable.
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Help out with improving the translations.
Thanks to all those that contributed to this release!
Ciao,
Jeroen
— Changes
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Allow Featured map result to be limited to a specified bounding box (global is
default) -
Fix to prevent Stack Overflow when validating large metadata documents
The setting now defaults to 2 megabyte (-Xss2M) but should be increased even
further (to -Xss10M or even -Xss20M for very large metadata documents)
(thanks to Richard Fozzard) -
Updated German translation (thanks to David Arndt)
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Updated French translation (thanks to Etienne)
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Fixed bug #90 and #91 - Thanks to Tom Kralidis
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Fixed missing loc file for csw:records.
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Ensure that Metadata.data column is of type longtext for MySQL. Thanks to Tom.
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WebDAV harvesting improvements
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ArcSDE metadata harvesting
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import cleanup