Hi Everyone!
The main story here is that Panopoly 1.42 for Drupal 7 was released! This is a non-security release, so you don't need to update immediately, but we'd love it if you could update soon and let us know how everything works. This release includes a (non-security) Drupal core update, bug fixes, module updates and a couple new features, including: using Linkit in more places and rendering Field Collections in the live previews from Panopoly Magic.
The secondary story is that we've released a new -alpha for Panopoly 2 on Drupal 8! We've actually released a couple new -alphas since the last time I've announced one. :-) While we're still not at our -beta goals, we're getting really, really close! If you have the time and interest, come help us get across the finish line :-)
For more information, please see the full release notes:
https://www.drupal.org/project/panopoly/releases/7.x-1.42
https://www.drupal.org/project/panopoly/releases/8.x-2.0-alpha6
Remember: you have to update the WHOLE profile - not just the individual panopoly_* modules! Otherwise, you'll be missing important module updates/patches, and it isn't guarenteed to work.
For full instructions on how to upgrade, please see the Upgrading Panopoly guide! (We invite you to help us improve it as well.)
And, of course, you can find links to download, documentation and report problems on the Panopoly project page:
https://drupal.org/project/panopoly
Thanks!