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10/14/2007 10:07 PM
 

Crispy wrote

That is not a concern, the dogfooding step has been removed from the release process. As an inner core team member who is in charge of a module very important to the dnn.com site, I have a copy of dnn.com data which I have tested the upgraded process on at least 50 times. Because the few people that can handle the actual dogfooding are extremely consumed w/ the DNN Corporation, this was a necessary removal from the process. I am working w/ Shaun this week to upgrade the live site here (hopefully).

Just an FYI, I have had a team and many people testing this module for nearly 6 months so I feel fairly confident that what is releasing is ten fold better than the previous release (at least) and works in a variety of production environments. Oh yeah, I about half way done w/ the follow up release already that will contain mainly ajax enhancements.

Chris,

Thank you very much for this information!  I appreciate this detail as it alleviates any concerns that data issues might cause upgrade issues (which was my initial fear).

I apologize if in my last post I came across as thinking that you were not doing a good job on this new release.  I think that with all of your efforts and testing that this module will yet again rise up as a high quality module! 


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10/15/2007 4:02 AM
 

Crispy wrote

 Oh yeah, I about half way done w/ the follow up release already that will contain mainly ajax enhancements.

RegEx/html use with the word filter and ability to use a 'leaderboard' after the first post to insert Google ads?  :)  ...just had to throw that out there again, as these are the two biggest differences between AF and the core in which I am most interested. ;) Tags would be huge, too...food for thought, sir. :)

Lastly, this might be an unpopular question, but being "half way done w/ the follow-up release" speaks volumes to the lengthly delay with the upcoming release and how the release process seems to have failed you (and the entire DNN community) this time; why, then, was it held up soooo very long when you could have cut a release and did a quick follow-up to handle any last minute issues that may have arose?

I would argue that the core release is much more important than any one project, and we have had a myriad of releases during my short tenure here...hell, some of the x.x.1 - x.x.3 releases are measured in days. If the core isn't totally polished before 2-3 follow-ups are published, why is the bar seemingly higher for the forum module, if that makes any sense?

 

 
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10/15/2007 10:50 AM
 

MItchell - No worries.

Terp - There are a few things for me to touch on here. Because of the long delay with the release process, any changes which I made in the previous version ended up in the one releasing (4.4.3) up until about a month ago. The next module release has a much smaller list of items, I am only looking to integrate Ajax and fix bugs. (When I say 1/2 done, I have all the administrator areas converted to using Ajax if necessary).

RegEx/html might be one enhancement that sneaks in that is not Ajax, since I completely overhauled the filter UI to make it easier to use (plus the backend already handles it for the most part). I don't see me working in the Google Ads now but I will consider it for the future since this is not the first request. Tags, I need to see how the core is going to handle this in the long run, so I may come up w/ my own Tagging API but not this next release.

The DNN Module vs Core release processes differ for a couple reasons. Mainly, the Core controls who can checkin and out and there is a standard base and a bigger group of testers. Modules, however, have so many different factors to contend with. The release process is being overhauled for the modules too.


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10/15/2007 10:59 AM
 

This is all very exciting.  When are you thinking (ballpark) that we will be able to download the new forum module?  I am itching to get my hands on the new forum before I launch my new site. 

 

PS Thanks for all you have done for the DNN community.

 

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MItchell - No worries.

Terp - There are a few things for me to touch on here. Because of the long delay with the release process, any changes which I made in the previous version ended up in the one releasing (4.4.3) up until about a month ago. The next module release has a much smaller list of items, I am only looking to integrate Ajax and fix bugs. (When I say 1/2 done, I have all the administrator areas converted to using Ajax if necessary).

RegEx/html might be one enhancement that sneaks in that is not Ajax, since I completely overhauled the filter UI to make it easier to use (plus the backend already handles it for the most part). I don't see me working in the Google Ads now but I will consider it for the future since this is not the first request. Tags, I need to see how the core is going to handle this in the long run, so I may come up w/ my own Tagging API but not this next release.

The DNN Module vs Core release processes differ for a couple reasons. Mainly, the Core controls who can checkin and out and there is a standard base and a bigger group of testers. Modules, however, have so many different factors to contend with. The release process is being overhauled for the modules too.

 
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10/15/2007 11:19 AM
 

I just read the post in the other thread where you said this week.  THe thank you still stands though ;-)

 

jjovic wrote

This is all very exciting.  When are you thinking (ballpark) that we will be able to download the new forum module?  I am itching to get my hands on the new forum before I launch my new site. 

 

PS Thanks for all you have done for the DNN community.

 

 Crispy wrote

 

MItchell - No worries.

Terp - There are a few things for me to touch on here. Because of the long delay with the release process, any changes which I made in the previous version ended up in the one releasing (4.4.3) up until about a month ago. The next module release has a much smaller list of items, I am only looking to integrate Ajax and fix bugs. (When I say 1/2 done, I have all the administrator areas converted to using Ajax if necessary).

RegEx/html might be one enhancement that sneaks in that is not Ajax, since I completely overhauled the filter UI to make it easier to use (plus the backend already handles it for the most part). I don't see me working in the Google Ads now but I will consider it for the future since this is not the first request. Tags, I need to see how the core is going to handle this in the long run, so I may come up w/ my own Tagging API but not this next release.

The DNN Module vs Core release processes differ for a couple reasons. Mainly, the Core controls who can checkin and out and there is a standard base and a bigger group of testers. Modules, however, have so many different factors to contend with. The release process is being overhauled for the modules too.

 

 
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