[Phpwebsite-developers] The future of phpWebSite

[matt <ma...@tu...>]

Good day,

About four years we started on 1.x. phpWebSite has come pretty far. 
Since then, I think the software has evolved far beyond the expectations 
we had from 0.8.x to 0.10.x. That said, in the evolutionary chain, I 
don't think we are walking upright with clothes quite yet.

This summer, we will be taking a little break from updating. Barring 
some unknown circumstance, there won't be a 1.7.0. Instead we will be 
working on the 2.x series.

Some of the basic changes will be to update the code to current PEAR 
libraries, rework some of the earlier written modules, make it easier to 
create and update modules, and overall improve the interface. Backward 
compatibility with current modules should remain the same. We MAY change 
the name of the project as well since the "php" portion of the name 
seems to confuse people.

Sourceforge is dropping some of its services. We will be dropping their 
bug and feature requests and using a Trac on our own servers. We will 
also try using our own BB for some interaction. More likely, we will 
lead people to phpwsforums.com since they already have wealth of 
information.

Thanks to everyone still involved with the project. As I get further 
down the path, I hope to have a blog running or maybe a channel in 
phpwsforums.com to discuss 2.x. I look forward to your input.

Sincerely,
Matt and the phpWebSite development team

-- 
Matthew McNaney
Electronic Student Services
Appalachian State University
Ext. 6493
http://ess.appstate.edu
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu