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Is the increased frequency of Joomla upgrades a problem with multi sites? |
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011 |
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It is unwise to regularly alienate your supporters, the reason why
people have been deserting Microsoft and instead using Firefox is the
same reason people are now starting to move from Firefox to Chrome. The
Mozilla team make changes that cause a well bedded-in interface to
change in an annoying manner and then they won't change it back nor give
you an option to undo.
Something similar is in effect with Joomla, it is now a much shorter
interval between migrations and so you suffer from the pain of having to
explain to your clients that they need to regularly migrate. I haven't
yet come up with a decent (truthful) reason that makes them willing to
pay...
If the regular upgrade path could be made more gradual and we had to
take slightly bigger upgrade bites without ever needing to actually
migrate then I would be a lot happier. I am content to upgrade but
unhappy to migrate. The new functionality is good but but is it
essentail to everyone?
Stuff like the new ACLs in Joomla 1.6 are a nice-to-have for regular
sites but for the majority it is not essential. ACLs are vital in a head
to head comparison between Drupal and Joomla in some theoretical sales
battle but this functionality is not required for any of the 30+ sites I
manage. This is where I'd like new functionality to be compatible with
the old, perhaps some new tables to support the ACL functionality and a
button to turn it off in the back end. If it is turned off then it is
should be just like old 1.5.
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