Flexinode for 5.x roadmap.
I have been receiving quite some (aggressive and unkind) requests for flexinode. I don’t really mind if people are rude, I just hope these people understand that by being rude they actually reach the opposite of their goal: instead of me jumping up and fixing their problem, I’d think: well, if this is all I get for the effort, why bother. It strengthens my believe that Open Source is a scratch your own itch, selfish, concept.
In any case, I think its time for a short update on the status and plans. Flexinode for Drupal5 may never get to see the light, but then again, it may just as well get released very soon. Why so vague?
First and for all:
I am rather disappointed by the speed at which things were converted from Drupal 4.7 to 5.x, add to that, my philosophy to ‘never fix something that is not broken’ and there is no urge for me to develop and run any 5.x sites; yet.
So, in short, there is no itch to scratch for me in the flexinode 5.x area. This is the most important factor when it comes to upgrade and development for flexinode on 5.x.
As I illustrated above, I have no intend to upgrade flexinode just for fun, or because people are shouting at me to do so. The only reason for me would be, that somehow I can benefit from it, which, at this moment, I cannot. I am flooded in work, none of which is directly flexinode related, so I also cannot afford the idea “but you will benefit from it in future”.
There will be a moment that I need flexinode on a 5.x site, this may be soon, but it may take months, it depends entirely on the projects I get offered.
To conclude: I have no reason to run 5.x sites yet. I therefore have no flexinode running on a 5.x site. wich results in no work being done to port flexinode to 5.x. And unless someone jumps in and develops some good 5.x patches for flexinode, there will be no flexinode upgrade to 5.x.
Any news about Flexinode? :)
Any news about Flexinode?
:)
Nope. :)
Nope. :)
I like you am of the ‘if
I like you am of the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ mould. However as security vulnerabilities are still being found in 4.7, and support for this may well cease when v6 comes out I’m starting to have to think about upgrading.
So all I ask is, is flexinode now dead? I.e. do you still have 4.7 sites of your own out there using flexinode that you will be looking to upgrade… if so are you more likely to go with CCK instead of updating Flexinode?
Hi to all developpers and
Hi to all developpers and friends of flexinode.
I like flexinode very much and i preferr using it instead of cck. So i also would like to see a 5.x version. No question i understand that it takes time to developp it but i think it worth waiting for it !
So take your time but dont give up ;)
Greetz TSE
I’m speaking from total
I’m speaking from total ignorance, not having used Flexinode, but having a couple of friends with websites held back by dependency on Flexinode it seems to me that the sensible long-term solution is a mechanism for converting Flexinode content over to CCK content types. That would remove the necessity to keep maintaining Flexinode indefinitely. The same goes for a lot of contributed modules which have been rendered redundant by CCK and views.
Unfortunately, this isn’t my itch, so I don’t have the time or resources to scratch it, either.
And by the way the “if you don’t like it, use proprietary software advice” offered in the comment above isn’t as helpful as you might think, because proprietary software in practice offers no joy there either. I used to believe the argument that proprietary software gave you “a throat to choke” if you had a problem, until I read some EULAs out of curiosity (a fun pastime - try it yourself!). Without exception every license I could find promised to refund any money you paid for the product, but beyond that disclaimed any and all responsibility for any bugs or deficiencies in the product.
You can hit the online forums for help, but you can also do that with free software / open source. You can pay extra for support services, but you can also do that with free software - and with free software there’s no limit to the number of businesses that are legally able to offer support or customisation.
The bottom line is if it’s free software, don’t rudely complain because it’s not polite. If it’s proprietary software, don’t complain because it’s a waste of breath.
You can already convert
You can already convert flexinodes to cck with the Flexinode to CCK Converter module. Versions for 4.7 and 5.x. We’ve used it several times to convert production sites.
Thanks for the update. And
Thanks for the update.
And don’t think there aren’t people out there who do appreciate and understand the {true} open source philosophy and culture!
For all you moaners … go buy your software. You might then have a right to complain!
I understand that very well.
I understand that very well. The problem is that moaners are often much louder then the one who appreciate it.
And in my bookthe best sign of appreciation is contribution. And I’ve seen quite some contributions to flexinode in the past days, which is why I decided to take up some time and start off with an update :)