October 29, 2008 in Elgg, open source, Social Networking, Technology | 1 comment
Today I noticed a revision to Elgg trunk version.php and found that the Elgg developers have changed the version to 1.1 RC1. A release candidate usually means that new features will not be added and any future updates to 1.1 will be bug fixes. I don’t know if the developers intend to zip up the release candidate so users can get it without using Subversion. I did not see a 1.1 RC1 in the releases directory in their file repository. Team Elgg is appears to be on track for a release next week.
One thing I noticed when I hooked up the latest core and plugins, is that the embed function of the file extension was no longer there. I checked in the repository and indeed embed.php it was gone. I wonder if this means that it will not be part of the 1.1 release. Looking at the roadmap, it is not promised until release 1.5.
Also of note, when I upgraded to today’s trunk, I needed to run upgrade.php indicating more database tweaks.
The release candidate status generally indicates that the code is more thoroughly tested than the usual trunk, but not sufficiently tested to qualify for a release. As usual, be careful. Do not use it with a production site unless you are prepared to restore it with a back up.
mark pearson on October 30, 2008 at 11:29 am
Re Embed function, I think that “Team Elgg” are wise not to include a feature that’s still half baked in a Release Candidate.
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