mrswoop's WebLogScott Willhite On DotNetNukeI'll Be Back- February 20, 2004 Time has gotten away from me. It has a tendency to do that. But before I completely miss the opportunity and get an entire week behind&8230; I wanted to update everyone on last Monday&8217;s core team chat. It was well attended and there were lots of little things to talk about. I&8217;ll fill in some details of things that have made progress since then as well. Beta 1 Downloads As of Monday afternoon (roughly 48 hours) there had been over 2000 downloads from the...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/20/77293.aspx Counting Down With You- February 13, 2004 I would say it feels like Christmas Eve... but instead of feeling like a kid waiting for great new toys... I (we) feel more like a new Santa! Will our toys be well recieved Will people like them Will they be good enough Will folks complain if they find them imperfect I feel like biting my nails just thinking about it. Yes. Yes. Yes. And Yes! It's always hard to throw your personal work out to the hungry crowd and hear the unfiltered, often...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/13/72635.aspx Juking With DataProviders- February 10, 2004 There is one other item of particular interest to some that came out of our core team chat. That item is regarding the scope of what I'll call the &8220;Core DataProvider&8221; for lack of a well defined term. Each private assembly requires a DataProvider for each supported DBMS. The &8220;Core DataProvider&8221; is the one that facilitates the guts of DotNetNuke.... rather than, say, a PA. The term could also encompass a particular DBMS implementation (e.g....http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/10/70882.aspx A Few Last Words- February 10, 2004 Tonight was the last on-line core team chat before we go live with DNN 2.0 Beta I. It was well attended&8230; better than usual&8230; even by folks in time zones where normal people are sleeping. But then we are not normal people&8230; interpretation purposefully left open wink Here is a brief () summary of our 2 &189; hour conversation as it relates to the community. STAYING ON TARGET! Even we have to discuss this amongst ourselves once in a while. The temptation...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/09/70399.aspx We Can Work It Out- February 8, 2004 At the moment, our internal bug list has 85 entries since we started the Alpha stabilization effort in early January. 20 are open. More will be added before we hit beta... but the really hard stuff is falling by the wayside, which is good news. Actually, some of the bugs that are surfacing are related to legacy issues. That means they are things that weren't working correctly in 1.0.10 either. This is even better news. Given that 2.0 is a total overhaul, one...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/07/69443.aspx The Generosity Of Others- February 7, 2004 Open source amazes me. Doesn't it amaze you too It's almost unbelievable how much help is available to you from complete and total strangers. And I don't mean just "Oh, look over there" kind of help... I mean the kind of help that takes actual sacrifice; real effort or time or resources to provide. What motivates people to "give" like that That's a whole different column. However I'd like to take a moment and say thank you to some folks who have recently...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/06/69126.aspx Tool Time With Willhite- February 6, 2004 Willhite. Thats me. And it's time to talk tools. DotNetNuke does not fit easily into any particular OSS project model that I have yet found. It is enigmatic in a number of ways, including sheer size. There are relatively few OSS projects on SourceForge or GotDotNet or any other public system that can boast a core team of developers in the 30 range. Now I'm talking unfunded community based open-source stuff here... no fair dragging in Linux or OpenOffice or some...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/05/68432.aspx blog blues- February 6, 2004 My third post and it hit me already. How many years do I have to work with technology to learn. I lost my post. Having worked on a long informative piece for an extended period of time I submitted only to find the login screen staring at me. Quickly assuming that supplying my login credentials would complete the posting action, I did so. Oops. No post, no cache to recover. My apologies... I will try to recreate it this evening. Right after I log...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/05/68345.aspx So what's this about a "private beta"- February 4, 2004 This is the first time in it's history that DotNetNuke will have a &8220;public beta&8221;. OK, so some might argue that the way we have released in the past has been more like beta, but by and large we have done pretty well. Or I should say that Shaun Walker has done pretty well... as there have only been a few releases since the formation of the core team. But that is another column... For the 1.0.10 release, there was a very brief but productive &8220;private...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/04/67325.aspx Beta Test Planning Has Begun- February 3, 2004 Well... it's about time, don't you think We are 11 days and counting... With regard to organization, Josh Weinsetin and myself (Scott Willhite) will be serving in the role of &8220;coordinators&8221; for the Beta testing effort. This is an administrative responsibility covering things like coordinating communication, ensuring roles are identified and filled, managing the schedule, etc. Scott McCulloch & Josh will be managing our issues log(s) and reporting status, Phil...http://weblogs.asp.net/mrswoop/archive/2004/02/03/66774.aspx |