Siena Beta Testing

Bugfixing and evaluation cycle started

Trustmaster	#26155 2010-09-18 00:40
Administrators Thanked: 263 times	Introduction Cotonti Siena has been in development for over a year by now and except for this progress slider on index page most people know nothing about it. By now we have done enough much to show people some results of our work. But it is still far from complete, even some very major tasks are yet to do. This thread starts Alpha Beta testing cycle for Cotonti Siena which pursues following goals: Start fixing bugs in Siena now, so most of them are fixed by release time. Let people actually try it with their own hands and see with their own eyes what has been changed. Give plugin, skin theme developers and translators a chance to get used to the changes, learn them and get ready for 0.9. Involve more people in development process, so it is implemented faster. Obtaining the Beta Before you start using the Beta, performing tests and asking questions let's make it clear: the Beta version is for testing only, do not use it on live sites, do not migrate your existing Genoa sites to it, neither we guarantee any stability until the final 0.9.0 release. Download latest hourly build Or better get it via SVN: svn checkout svn://svn.cotonti.com/trunk First steps To install Cotonti Siena, unpack it to some folder on your webserver, e.g. siena and run the install script, e.g. http://example.com/siena/ To update Cotonti Siena from one alpha revision to another, just update the files and run the updater script, e.g. http://example.com/siena/install.php What's new in Cotonti Siena? I'm afraid I'm not able to list all the changes here, but this link may give you an idea: Tickets already closed for 0.9.0 All 0.9.0 tickets Reporting Bugs We use this thread to report bugs found in Alpha. If you have found a bug while testing, first search if it has already been reported here. If it hasn't then report a bug including these details: What is wrong? Where does it happen? What should developers do to reproduce the bug? What revision are you running? More details and reason assumptions are welcome. The bug report entries will be added as links to report posts below, sorted by status: (New,In Progress or Closed). More Developers Wanted! Currently only 3 developers are working on Cotonti 0.9 and there is still plenty of work to do. I expect a flood of bug reports in this topic which we just cannot sustain, so we demand on more developers joining us or resuming their suspended activity. If a developer resumes his activity and wants to help, he should contact me for further instructions. If a community member wants to join the team and help, he needs to meet these requirements first: His plugins should already be in Downloads or here on forums, so only experienced coders are accepted. He should get familiar with Siena structure and code first by his own. Some Subversion/SVN experience is highly appreciated, although it is not required. If a member meets these requirements, he can contact me for further details. A Translation Proposal There is a proposal that more than just en/ru locales can be included in the main package and kept up2date. But it requires all the language work to be done in our central Subversion repository. If some locale maintainers are agree with this, post in this thread or in translators' roster. Bugs: The list below represents bugs found in alpha versions by testers in this thread as links to report posts. It is divided into sections by status. Active bugs: In progress: Closed bugs: Polls don't work TPL Tags in admin.extensions always show Missing Comments plugin does not work (Trustmaster: I haven't had time to complete it yet) PFS subfolders markItUp! preview admin.extrafields misspelling Template mode in Admin.Structure Structure ordering problem Radio buttons selection CoTemplate bugs Birthdate in user profile does not update PFS does not work #534 (cache problems) Here We Go! OK, time to start our discussion stream. Please do not flood this topic or bump your request too often. The developers are overloaded by work and may be slow to respond. Thanks for your understanding and contribution! May the Source be with you!
This post was edited by Trustmaster (2011-01-05 06:08, 13 years ago)

Trustmaster

#26155 2010-09-18 00:40

Introduction

Cotonti Siena has been in development for over a year by now and except for this progress slider on index page most people know nothing about it. By now we have done enough much to show people some results of our work. But it is still far from complete, even some very major tasks are yet to do.

This thread starts Alpha Beta testing cycle for Cotonti Siena which pursues following goals:

Start fixing bugs in Siena now, so most of them are fixed by release time.
Let people actually try it with their own hands and see with their own eyes what has been changed.
Give plugin, skin theme developers and translators a chance to get used to the changes, learn them and get ready for 0.9.
Involve more people in development process, so it is implemented faster.

Obtaining the Beta

Before you start using the Beta, performing tests and asking questions let's make it clear: the Beta version is for testing only, do not use it on live sites, do not migrate your existing Genoa sites to it, neither we guarantee any stability until the final 0.9.0 release.

Download latest hourly build
Or better get it via SVN:

svn checkout svn://svn.cotonti.com/trunk

First steps

To install Cotonti Siena, unpack it to some folder on your webserver, e.g. siena and run the install script, e.g. http://example.com/siena/
To update Cotonti Siena from one alpha revision to another, just update the files and run the updater script, e.g. http://example.com/siena/install.php

What's new in Cotonti Siena?

I'm afraid I'm not able to list all the changes here, but this link may give you an idea:
Tickets already closed for 0.9.0
All 0.9.0 tickets

Reporting Bugs

We use this thread to report bugs found in Alpha. If you have found a bug while testing, first search if it has already been reported here. If it hasn't then report a bug including these details:

What is wrong?
Where does it happen?
What should developers do to reproduce the bug?
What revision are you running?

More details and reason assumptions are welcome.

The bug report entries will be added as links to report posts below, sorted by status: (New,In Progress or Closed).

More Developers Wanted!

Currently only 3 developers are working on Cotonti 0.9 and there is still plenty of work to do. I expect a flood of bug reports in this topic which we just cannot sustain, so we demand on more developers joining us or resuming their suspended activity.

If a developer resumes his activity and wants to help, he should contact me for further instructions.

If a community member wants to join the team and help, he needs to meet these requirements first:

His plugins should already be in Downloads or here on forums, so only experienced coders are accepted.
He should get familiar with Siena structure and code first by his own.
Some Subversion/SVN experience is highly appreciated, although it is not required.

If a member meets these requirements, he can contact me for further details.

A Translation Proposal

There is a proposal that more than just en/ru locales can be included in the main package and kept up2date. But it requires all the language work to be done in our central Subversion repository. If some locale maintainers are agree with this, post in this thread or in translators' roster.

Bugs:

The list below represents bugs found in alpha versions by testers in this thread as links to report posts. It is divided into sections by status.
Active bugs:

In progress:

Closed bugs:

Polls don't work
TPL Tags in admin.extensions always show Missing
Comments plugin does not work (Trustmaster: I haven't had time to complete it yet)
PFS subfolders
markItUp! preview
admin.extrafields misspelling
Template mode in Admin.Structure
Structure ordering problem
Radio buttons selection
CoTemplate bugs
Birthdate in user profile does not update
PFS does not work
#534 (cache problems)

Here We Go!

OK, time to start our discussion stream. Please do not flood this topic or bump your request too often. The developers are overloaded by work and may be slow to respond. Thanks for your understanding and contribution!

May the Source be with you!

This post was edited by Trustmaster (2011-01-05 06:08, 13 years ago)