An article I wrote the other day sharing my concerns about the development of the new Joomla platform made me revisit the issue after much thought. I did a little more asking around and found a chat log that was posted on the Joomla Community website. This chat log talks about the upcoming changes and advancements in Joomla 1.6. While this chat was a scheduled one a few good points and questions were covered. Amongst the biggest of points was the fact that ACL has been a bug bear but it seems to be getting there.
[22:49] <rdeutz> we are working 5 years to put acl in joomla, give us 2 or 3 version to find the best solution
This of course has meant that developers planning some projects in Joomla have left for other solutions due to this shortfall but on a brighter note it looks like that 1.6 might actually bring them back with the deployment of this great feature. From what was discussed it looks like that ACL has been a part of the hold up with the Joomla 1.6 release date.
Some people earlier on in the chat started pushing the envelope as to the release date of Joomla 1.6 and this is what they had to say:
[22:04] <SFGolfer> Lets talk about 1.6 – what’s the status?
[22:04] <Mark_Dexter> Glad you asked.
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[22:05] <Mark_Dexter> We’re making good progress towards a beta release, and there will be an announcement on this soon.
[22:05] <lonemamber> what does that mean in real terms
[22:05] <SullySullivan> What does “soon” mean?
[22:05] <JeffB> how soon?
[22:05] <SullySullivan> This calendar year?
[22:05] <Mark_Dexter> the announcement should be within a week or two
This of course has now put a bit of pressure on to the development team with this loose but definitive response. I am not surprised someone was going to railroad them in to giving some form of response. This at the end of the day addresses the question “When is Joomla 1.6 Beta going to be released?” One thing I can say for sure is that you will see on here a review of the beta once Joomla releases one.
