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Ilija Studen
on Feb 24. 2007. 9:16 am
When we are mentioning OpenDarwin - have you noticed that it's a dead project? Has been for past few months if I remember correctly. More on their homepage.
To clear the confusion and keep the energy drain that this type of discussion produces as low as possible here are some facts:
1. Old roadmap is dropped. There will be no 0.7.5 or any other major version in 0.x branch (at least I will not make it but if someone wants to pick up 0.x branch than it's not a problem). Next major release is activeCollab 1.0 and it is scheduled for summer 2007. Code in 1.0 branch is not compatible with 0.x code so parallel development is not possible.
2. New code is PHP4 compatible and does not require InnoDB, GD or PDO. There are also some additions to the framework that make serving AJAX and API calls way easier. Support for plugins is also in place.
3. Improved interface will feature better navigation and page organization, a lot of AJAX calls and new widgets to improve user experience and make things more usable.
4. To keep the development process focused as possible there will be no public beta versions. All beta testing will be done in hosted environment (to roll out change and fixes more easily). All details about beta testing will be posted when we get in that stage.
5. activeCollab 1.0 and future core development will be developed by company that I started and community will be able to contribute by developing plugins.
This decisions are made to ensure that by the end of the year we have a product that is easy to use and extend without the risk that enhancements will break the system, that runs nicely out of box and most importunately to support it properly so it does not make a risk for businesses to use it (most open source and freeware products are high risk for business use).
Reason why I like developing things alone or with small group of people is because things are easier that way. While I was developing 0.7.5 I was highly unsatisfied with the product - complex, large with insane system requirements. So I deleted it and started fresh (not from scratch, just without all those layers of complexity that was added to the system without any good reason). That would be impossible if there was many contributors to the project.
Cathedral? Yes, at least until 1.0 is released.
To clear the confusion and keep the energy drain that this type of discussion produces as low as possible here are some facts:
1. Old roadmap is dropped. There will be no 0.7.5 or any other major version in 0.x branch (at least I will not make it but if someone wants to pick up 0.x branch than it's not a problem). Next major release is activeCollab 1.0 and it is scheduled for summer 2007. Code in 1.0 branch is not compatible with 0.x code so parallel development is not possible.
2. New code is PHP4 compatible and does not require InnoDB, GD or PDO. There are also some additions to the framework that make serving AJAX and API calls way easier. Support for plugins is also in place.
3. Improved interface will feature better navigation and page organization, a lot of AJAX calls and new widgets to improve user experience and make things more usable.
4. To keep the development process focused as possible there will be no public beta versions. All beta testing will be done in hosted environment (to roll out change and fixes more easily). All details about beta testing will be posted when we get in that stage.
5. activeCollab 1.0 and future core development will be developed by company that I started and community will be able to contribute by developing plugins.
This decisions are made to ensure that by the end of the year we have a product that is easy to use and extend without the risk that enhancements will break the system, that runs nicely out of box and most importunately to support it properly so it does not make a risk for businesses to use it (most open source and freeware products are high risk for business use).
Reason why I like developing things alone or with small group of people is because things are easier that way. While I was developing 0.7.5 I was highly unsatisfied with the product - complex, large with insane system requirements. So I deleted it and started fresh (not from scratch, just without all those layers of complexity that was added to the system without any good reason). That would be impossible if there was many contributors to the project.
Cathedral? Yes, at least until 1.0 is released.
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Ryan Cross
on Feb 28. 2007. 11:31 pm
Glad to see these announcements made it to the front page. I'll be interested to see the reaction from the broader community. Good luck!
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