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Everything dies as they say. But if there is enough interest then you can pump the belows and bring the project back to life, you don't even need to be a programmer just a people person. Find out why programmers are no longer developing. Is it because the developers found something better to work on? On 17/04/07, Eric C <eric at newmag.org> wrote: > <whining> > in my brief experience with open source software (~4 > or 5 years) i've learned a lot. basically everything > i know about computers and my current job is due to > open source software and the people who support it. > unfortunately, i'm watching one of my favorite > projects, XOOPS, completely fall apart. i started > using it a couple of years ago after trying out many > different CMS's and XOOPS was (at the time) the best. > easy to install, manage and had a ton of modules. > then there was a shift in leadership. some devs ran > for the hills. the new version was buggy (2.2.x). > then they went back to the old version. modules and > themes weren't compatible. i got stuck on a basically > dead fork. then the main project stopped being > developed. on sourceforge the cvs / svn activity is > basically zero. everybody on the forums is bitching, > nobody's developing. what a shame. there's xoopscube > (started by the founder of XOOPS) and some other forks > but it's not the same. so sad to watch the dying > embers of one of my favorite open source projects. i > do my part to try and prop it up, but XOOPS is quickly > dying. > > i guess it's time to start playing with another cms. > it sucks. > </whining> > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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