Btw., I've been very amused thinking about the old "pulling a Nooku" -jab by Andrew Eddie. Who's pulling what now?
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so in my opinion we all have sufficient timeVersion 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0.
No, not "we all". You might have plenty of time, but me and all the other guys, who will move to 3.0 do not have a lot. Sorry, but it doesn't make sense to announce a version and then tell people to skip italikon wrote:so in my opinion we all have sufficient timeVersion 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0.
Think about it: if 2.5 to 3.0 is a migration, how can 2.5 to 3.5 NOT be a migration also?Potus001 wrote:I may be mistaken, however I thought (or hope) the upgrade from 2.5 to 3.5 would be transparent, somewhat similar to other software.
I would not upgrade to 3.0 unless I had a compelling reason to do so.
If 3.0 works, as we do hope it does, your extensions should not need updating.stutteringp0et wrote:You misunderstand. I have personally released 31 free extensions in the JED. 3.x means that I'll be rewriting 31 extensions for compatibility - and supporting 62 (2.5 and 3.x)
This means a ton of work - an absolute load.
i've tested my extesions too and they don't require significant modificationI've already tested several of my extensions and they all require significant modification to operate in 3.0.
I think that's the situaition with any major software updates/changes.stutteringp0et wrote: The entire DOM structure of the plugin and module configuration screens changed - so everything that worked in 2.5 fails in 3.0. I suppose it's not necessarily bad if the UI elements are left in their natural state - but I like to show and hide elements when they are/aren't needed.
Interesting question. I'm sure there must be a good reason. Mind you, it might change for 3.5. That's the whole point of an STS. Issues do arise and, hopefully resolved, prior to LTS.stutteringp0et wrote: Since I've mentioned the configuration screens - who's bright idea was it to leave 80% of the page empty? Tabs are great, unless it makes pages look totally empty.
The core Joomla 2.5 component "Joomla! Update" will handle migrating the Joomla core from 2.5 to 3.0. There's a setting within the component'sBeluga wrote:Now that it was revealed in the beta announcement that 2.5 -> 3.0 will be a migration, I would like to know every possible detail about this before the actual release hits.
Off the top of my head, it's only 1.5 years for the LTS.alikon wrote:the STS version like the 3.0 are not for newbie /end-user but for power-user/developer
the LTS version are for all and 2 years of time seems a reasonable time
There will likely be a direct upgrade path from 2.5 to 3.5.bellybling wrote:Is it possible to upgrade from 2.5 directly to 3.5 in the spring or do you see this middle release as necessary?
Correction, it's officially 21 months (1.75 years), lol. We should probably just round it to 2 and make it easy, since Joomla keeps extending the support time for each release, so 2 is closerNick Savov wrote:Hi Alikon,
Off the top of my head, it's only 1.5 years for the LTS.alikon wrote:the STS version like the 3.0 are not for newbie /end-user but for power-user/developer
the LTS version are for all and 2 years of time seems a reasonable time
Kind regards,
Nick
Each major release of Joomla is supported for about 3 years and includes one-click upgrades. For example, the 2.x series (which included 1.6 and 1.7 due to naming conflicts) has a support life of about 3 years (January 2011 until spring 2014). 1.6 to 1.7 was a one-click upgrade. 1.7 to 2.5 was a one click upgrade. 2.5 will be supported until spring of 2014. So the 2.x series has a little over three years of support and, overall, it was a smooth experience for users and extension developers.
The 3.x series will have about 3 years of support as well. 3.0 to 3.1 to 3.5 will be one-click upgrades and should, overall, be smooth transitions for users and developers as the 2.x series was.
Because Joomla's new timed-release cycle makes moving from major version to major version (e.g. 2.x to 3.x) relatively simple (see the below FAQ's for more information), users get the added benefit of compounded support, where they can move from major version to major version to get continued and uninterrupted support.