Mon 13 Oct 2008 |
An old friend comes of age
Written by Wilco Jansen
We are often asked the question when we will officially stop supporting Joomla 1.0.x and, given the huge install-base, it's not an easy question to answer. We know that the code originates from several years ago and is certainly showing its age (Mambo 4.5.2 was released in early 2005, but the codebase originates partly from 4.5, released in December 2003). To recap our short history, the Joomla Project originated from a fork of the Mambo Project on August 17, 2005. Shortly thereafter, Joomla 1.0 was released on September 16, 2005 and was an improved version of Mambo 4.5.3 (you can still find that code in subversion). The announcement of the Alpha version of Joomla 1.1 was made on October 27, 2005 and this version was later on renamed Joomla 1.5. What began as a minor update turned out to be a full re-write of the codebase and the current version of Joomla was released on January 22, 2008.
Since then, seven versions of Joomla 1.5 have been released. Download numbers and usage have increased exponentially, evidenced by nearly 7 million downloads. In January 2008, just 15% of newly posted extensions were Joomla 1.5 native and that percentage has recently soared to 73%. The adoption rate of Joomla 1.5, by both users and developers alike, has occured at an amazing rate and demonstrates an untold level of commitment to the Joomla Project on both sides.
But now it's time to say our farewells to our old friend Joomla 1.0. As of July 22, 2009, the Joomla 1.0.x series will no longer be supported. As a user, is it required that you upgrade from Joomla 1.0.x? Absolutely not since security upgrades will be supported until this date. But if you're a user who hasn't yet upgraded to Joomla 1.5, you should do so in order to start reaping the benefits the latest version has to offer. If you're a developer in that small minority who hasn't yet become Joomla 1.5 native, this is your last call to join the majority of developers who have already discovered the power and ease of the Joomla 1.5 series.
In the meantime, we are working diligently on Joomla 1.6 (with its new ACL), which promises to be the most exciting release for Joomla yet.
2008-10-13 23:59:24
2008-10-14 02:42:53
2008-10-14 03:24:30
Luckily all the commercial components that I need now also support Joomla 1.5.
Thanks for all your and the rest of the Joomla team's hard work. Can't wait to see a 1.6 release.
2008-10-14 06:13:30
2008-10-14 09:18:38
2008-10-14 12:24:39
2008-10-14 17:36:29
continue for 1.6
2008-10-14 18:15:56
Very few people, if any, still bother with bug fixing or security checking joomla 1.0, because all eyes are on 1.5 and 1.6. If no date was set, j1.0 would die silently without anyone knowing. This date is a reassurance that j1.0 is indeed still alive and being supported, and users now know exactly what to expect and how much time they have left.
Mathias
2008-10-15 06:45:04
2008-10-15 17:22:34
We discussed the end-of-life date for several months, and our choice balanced between a sudden end or a acceptable period of time to offer users to get ready to migrate. I am happy we have chosen the second option, notify our users up front. The date was a simple math; 1.5 * 1.5 makes July 22nd
2008-10-15 18:41:18
Roll on 1.6.
Nick
2008-10-16 18:29:41
2008-10-16 20:19:37
I recently began migration for all of our sites and - despite the angst - I am glad we did so.
I know everyone looks forward to v1.6, but I really really anticipate what will unfold with Joomla! 2.0
2008-10-17 02:39:03
2008-10-17 05:02:41
Until the dozens of "components" we rely on step up to become "extensions," we won't have much of a site. Might be a while since development of our more useful ones seems dead.
I'm sure 1.5 will be an improvement, but right now it just looks like more work.
2008-10-17 05:03:15
There are still too many important extensions which are not native for 1.5, not speaking of the poor or inexistant implementation of the new language system on many "native" extensions.
2008-10-17 05:04:40
There are still too many important extensions which are not native for 1.5, not speaking of the poor or inexistant implementation of the new language system on many "native" extensions.
2008-10-17 10:19:30
Time for developers to move on, specially on the language matters which are, alas, very much forgotten by most.
2008-10-17 10:31:10
2008-10-17 18:03:57
2008-10-23 16:28:25
2008-10-28 16:37:59
-- comment is too long it says, so part two is below! --
2008-10-28 16:39:11
I'm intrigued by the concept of 1.5, especially to see how much work it would be to transfer the above mentioned site over to use Joomla 1.5, and still get all the templates working on the different parts of the site.
I have one little worry though: if I would manage that transition, would I have to go through a similar ordeal when you bring out 1.6? Or is 1.6 a minor difference from 1.5, like 1.0.15 is a minor upgrade from 1.0.14? Perhaps it would be easier to wait for 1.6 before making any transition at all, or would it be even smarter to wait for 2.0?
2008-10-29 21:04:06
2008-11-01 22:36:29
It seems like everyone using 1.5 needs to worry about security. At least that is how it seems with all of the "My site got hacked" posts.
2008-11-04 09:34:02
2008-11-06 08:52:34
2008-11-09 11:11:30
2008-12-25 02:27:33
In this light, there is absolutely no reason to stop supporting joomla! 1.0.x. until 1.6 comes out. Then, those who enjoy to get hacked all so often can upgrade to 1.6, and those who actually use their joomla for production websites, can stick with 1.5, which at that point has become stable, just because the devellopers have moved on.
Has anyone noticed that joomla. 1.0.x has shown that a CMS can go for almost a year without an upgrade (and a new version can be developped in the meantime)? Hey, what do you know, a CMS thats just there, and it just works, no dramas and all known issues. Such CMS maybe a bore to a developer, but to a USER this sounds GREAT. Infact, every CMS should adopt this policy. WHY would this be taken away before 1.5 is anything near like 1.0 as far as stability goes ??
To me, this feels just like like microsoft ramming vista onto my machine and into my live. I'm allergic to this attitude. I'll make it a matter of principle to KEEP all my sites on 1.0.x for as long as i can, support anyone who does the same, and rather migrate to Mambo or MIA, even frikkin Wordpress, before migrating to joomla! 1.5.
My farewell goes to developers who dump their most stable version without necessity.
2009-01-18 22:01:03
There's no reason to stop the support until the next 1.6 version is released. Every user of joomla 1.0 know that there will be no addition to their version, but they like its stability after all the updates thez had to do - remember, ~1 every month from joomla 1.0 to 1.0.15 ...
It would be so much better to do what was announced some monthes ago, after the 1.0.15 version was released : keep a minimal support, and update it only if a critical security hole is discovered.
2009-02-02 22:25:22
So having what appears to be the most stable version of Joomla abandoned makes very little sense to me.
Granted, I'm loving 1.5.9 -- it has so many great features!
Migrating 1.0.x sites to 1.5.9 looks like it is a significant expense, almost as much as to develop some sites, initially. I just priced one out at $3440 that has a lot of JUGA restrictions.
Having said all of that, it's obvious that there will be a market opening up to some enterprising developers in supporting 1.0.x security fixes.
Go for it gals/guys!
Railer
2009-02-02 22:28:55
A REALLY BIG THANK YOU to all of the 1.0.x developers who contributed so much to the growth of Joomla!
Moore's Law keeps on rolling...
Railer
2009-03-23 10:03:51
2009-03-24 10:01:49
Andalublue
2009-03-27 11:57:35
Shoaib
2009-04-03 10:24:23
2009-05-06 17:27:52
It was not easy to migrate it without legacy plugin (my goal was to migrate entire site and not to use that plugin) but in the and - I made it.
And now a whole new dimension is opened for me with some great extensions to be used. Looking forward to see Joomla 1.6 one day.
Massive respect to Joomla development crew!
2009-06-14 03:09:21
2009-06-15 19:56:27
We have some extra components installed. I haven't worked with Joomla before. Is the migration easy to complete?
2009-07-07 20:00:55
I also had all those questions about migrating from 1.0 to 1.5, specially when you do a lot of hacking in the core. And, above all, I couldn't find a few extensions that I had on 1.0 to work in 1.5.
This is what I made: Searched for similar extensions and installed them. Then, wrote some code to get the data from 1.0 database and inject it to 1.5 DB. This takes time because you must put into paper the old sections and categories Ids and assign them into the new DB. The same goes to the items.
In the end, all went well and a task that I was supposed to do by hand, and for shore would take more than a week was accomplished in one day.
The bottom line is this: Don't be sad because you can't find the extension you want. Just go for the one you need and migrate it as I did.
Now i'll wait for 1.6 release.
2009-07-16 17:39:06
Cheers Creator
2009-07-29 23:10:08
2009-08-13 17:51:49
2009-08-16 21:06:46
2009-08-31 03:34:52
thanks, just what I needed. A lot of old clients asked to be upgraded from 1.0.x either to 1.0.15 or 1.5, so your suggestion came in handy. Thanks!