February 12, 2008 • 1:26 am
Joomla! 1.5 just out of the gates, and already the bright minds in the Joomla Development Team are preparing the way for Joomla! 1.6. Who knows how long the period will be between now and and Joomla! 1.6 RC1, but personally, I am in no rush.
The jump from 1.0.x to 1.5 was what the developers called a major re-write, in that significant parts of the Joomla! code was re-written, forcing 3PDs (Third Party Developers) to update and modernise their extensions to run in the latest version. I absolutely love 1.5. I just love using it. But what I don’t love is waiting for 3PD’s to update their extensions to function in the new version of Joomla.
I am not being critical of 3PDs, everyone knows how much hard work (most of it volunteered) it is to develop and maintain software for open source projects like Joomla. I simply would like to see a very long period of watching (and helping when I can) developers migrate to 1.5, and then refine and polish their 1.5 software.
Via Amy Stephen at OpenSourceCommunity.org
Update: You can check out a fascinating discussion on the J1.6 white papers at the Google Discussions page for Joomla here.
Filed under: Joomla! 1.5 Development, Joomla! 1.6, Opinion, Third Party Updates , Amy Stephen
December 28, 2007 • 1:10 am
I will be taking a break from posting for a couple of weeks, to focus on some other projects, but will return in February with a new feature, Joomla! developer interviews!
Feel free to post some suggestions in the comments! Why are you still reading this, when you should be playing with Joomla RC4!
Link: http://www.joomla.org/content/view/4340/1/
Filed under: Blog News, Joomla! 1.5 Development
December 19, 2007 • 3:17 am
This was posted recently in the Google Groups Discussions page for the Joomla! 1.5 development.
Dev wg members, please check the internal forum area for an
announcement.
Ping/mail/skype/visit me when you have questions.
Wilco
Interesting… Is a public announcement coming soon?
Filed under: Joomla! 1.5 Development
December 18, 2007 • 4:13 pm
What follows is a thread on the Google discussion group for the development of Joomla 1.5.
It’s dizzy stuff, and it may point to RC4 being released before christmas, and possibly within days if not hours.
Could this be the official “final” Joomla 1.5? With an update to 1.5.0.1 to fix any bugs further down the road? Maybe, maybe not. We will see in the weeks to come.
Click on for a copy of the thread.
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Filed under: Joomla! 1.5 Development
December 16, 2007 • 11:53 pm
