Dolphin 7.0.2 Release Estimates

VictorT posted 4th of May 2010 in . 36 comments.

Our estimate plan is to release the next version and upgrade patch in the beginning of June.

The idea is that you know the rough estimate that won't make you wait so long for the next update, as it was with previous release.

The process is that we fix the bugs, of course the critical and major ones go first and have high priority. After we do the release while leaving behind the rest of "not-fixed" bugs for the next version and patch release. So on..

Of course, there will be those of you who are "for" or "against" this move. But, think first about that we do this for your convenience and confidence. Let's try it out.

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DolphinTemplate

DolphinTemplate•4th of May 2010

Dead slow, same errors, same problems..
Any news about that crappy template system being fixed?
Any news about Orca tons of errors being fixed?
Any news about the inability to have a flexible module position in the page?
Any news about resizing/editing (for real) the main menu?

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VictorT

VictorT•4th of May 2010•to DolphinTemplate

If the appropriate tickets are submitted in Trac then you need to follow them, if not then push the case for them to be there. No need to post this here. ;)

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DeeEmm

DeeEmm•4th of May 2010

Why have an estimate? - why not commit to a date?

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VictorT

VictorT•4th of May 2010•to DeeEmm

It is really difficult to stick to the exact date with all pre-release settlements. We appointed the estimate time. So you know for sure to expect it to be there one day in June. Just imagine you wake up and here it is...

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CodeSatori

CodeSatori•4th of May 2010

@DeeEmm: It's probably an estimate only because Boonex developers are yet to figure out exactly how much work there is to be done.

Of course if Boonex decided to release whatever is done after one month, it'd be easy to give a date, but I suspect a part of the problem is the fact that many bugs are interconnected, and fixing one means having to fix X amount of "dependent" bugs, and then fix the bugs in something that depended on and broke when the other bugs were finally fixed.

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cbassthefish

cbassthefish•4th of May 2010

Is there any progress on the server CPU running at 100% issue many people are having with XML.php? That is the thing I am most concerned about.

http://www.boonex.com/unity/blog/entry/xml_php_resource_hog_confirmed_

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jtadeo

jtadeo•4th of May 2010

Thanks for the info Victor. Please keep the community posted. I work with software dev projects all the time and it is never a straight path. Looking forward to the next update.

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VictorT

VictorT•4th of May 2010•to jtadeo

Thanks James. Just trying different ways of accomplishment of all this, which were discussed before in Unity :)

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danielmarseille

danielmarseille•4th of May 2010

is a good thing
it allows you to focus less on function - so fewer problems at the same time - thus reducing bugs - caused by bug fixes - as with the update of D7.0.1
cordialement
daniel

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DeeEmm

DeeEmm•4th of May 2010

@codesatori - there is - and always will be more work to do than can be done in a reasonable amount of time - I say set a firm date and if only one bug gets fixed - so be it. It will take 2 / 3 scheduled releases before they get into the swing of things - there is a whole work ethic that needs to be revised for things to happen efficiently.

It would not surprise me if beginning of June actually = Beginning of July or later.

/DM

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VictorT

VictorT•4th of May 2010•to DeeEmm

Said to be in June

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kab

kab•4th of May 2010

Please do it !!!!!!!!!
Change Dolphin to display correct TIMEZONE, depend on local setting of users but NOT server time?

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rajasimon

rajasimon•4th of May 2010

my community very slow .......

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danielmarseille

danielmarseille•4th of May 2010

if you can - before the release of 7.0.2 - get out a patch to fix D7.0.1 - it is almost impossible to work on our site

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patrick81

patrick81•4th of May 2010

Thanks for letting us know. :D

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Zarcon

Zarcon•4th of May 2010

Thanks for the update. An estimated time is better than having a "Hell, I don't really a clue" type of response. :)

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tuba

tuba•4th of May 2010

Since dolphin 7 came out I always thought it is SLOW.. . unfortunately it is still slow... hopefully performance will be a priority for future..

Till then I stick with dolphin 6

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Nathan Paton

Nathan Paton•4th of May 2010

I'll make a giant "x" on my calendar for the month of June. I'll be waiting.

I also give this blog post an hour before it is filled with people seeking support and feature suggestions.

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UFO360

UFO360•4th of May 2010

Dolphin 7.0.1 is good but have a lot of bugs and errors i don't know why Dolphin 7 dont allow java script like addthis or share this for my site so people can share a lot of stuff on my site or other people site and Dolphin 7.0.1 is real slow you guys need to make more faster like facebook or much better because is realy slow slow slow

Dolphin 7.0.1 Speed 4/10 can you guys make 10/10 or more greater

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CALTRADE

CALTRADE•4th of May 2010

Do you know when D7.01 will be fixed? You have seen the forums right? It has so many major problems it probably shouldn't have been released

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danodiez

danodiez•4th of May 2010

Will it be possible to upgrade 7.0.0 to 7.0.2 without having to do 7.0.1. first? (i.e. skip one release)

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Robin

Robin•4th of May 2010

Add to this list, record a profile video doesn't either.

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SkyForum

SkyForum•4th of May 2010

Yes, it is a step in the right direction. Please PLEASE make sure you follow up with the early June date. I'm hanging but just barely....

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saurav121

saurav121•4th of May 2010

THANKS FOR THE NEWS..... I've been trying since a long time to post this query... R you going to develop a mod to share documents/powerpoints [like scribd or slideshare.net] ? If yes thn please do inform in which update u will include it as i m a dentist n wanna add this feature in my dental community site as soon as posible. Right now we have developed a mod with scribd api but m not that much satisfied as it is not like those of videos n images mods....
thank u
refer www.fourthmolar.com for powerpoint see more

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topfan

topfan•5th of May 2010

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topfan

topfan•5th of May 2010

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Eli

Eli•6th of May 2010

June ! Good time for me , away in holiday summer time , beach , sun , and smoke hehe no more stress with boonex lol
Peace and good luck :)

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mrpowless

mrpowless•8th of May 2010

June sounds great.. great work on this one.

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UFO360

UFO360•10th of May 2010

Can you guys add the welcome messages when a new member join on the site they ge t this welcome message

Please < Please < Please < Please < Please < Please < Please < Please < Please < Please < Please < Please <

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prolaznik

prolaznik•12th of May 2010

@UFO i think there's a mod in the market that does that it automatically adds a profile comment when someone joins the site

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NiteOwl

NiteOwl•28th of May 2010

Although I have been following Dolphin for many years, I have only been using Dolphin for a short while and IMHO, there is a lot of bloat here. Other than all important bugs, please streamline the code more and cut out the fat, Dolphin requires much too much memory and resources. I run my site on a VPS account with a gig of memory on a fast twin processor multi-core Xeon server that is shared with several Wordpress domains and other scripts, and everything runs sluggish with Dolphin installed. I see more

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chancedevin

chancedevin•30th of May 2010

For everyone complaining...I have been here for quite a while now and seen it from both sides...I have two things to say...If you aren't happy with the way boonex is handling it, considering they live in a warzone, Dolphin is extremely complicated software, and HOLY CRAP it's free, then you should probably realize that all the bitching is not getting anything accomplished, and it sure isn't making the developers say "OH CRAP PEOPLE AREN"T HAPPY WE HAD BETTER GET WITH IT!" Why? Because see more

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DeeEmm

DeeEmm•31st of May 2010

Hey Victor - early June is here ;)

/DM

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DeeEmm

DeeEmm•31st of May 2010

@chancedevin - Dolphin is a commercial script that has at least $500K annually invested in it's development. It's not free open source community written code, it's a commercial product that many people have paid / invested lots of money into. These same people deserve to receive what has been promised to them.

Like my my mum says - don't make promises you cannot keep.

Also...

Your quote "Dolphin is extremely complicated software" is incorrect - it should be "Dolphin is extremely see more

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DeeEmm

DeeEmm•31st of May 2010

@chancedevin - Dolphin is a commercial script that has at least $500K annually invested in it's development. It's not free open source community written code, it's a commercial product that many people have paid / invested lots of money into. These same people deserve to receive what has been promised to them.

Like my MY mum says - don't make promises you cannot keep.

Also...

Your quote "Dolphin is extremely complicated software" is incorrect - it should be "Dolphin is extremely see more

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theguypc

theguypc•1st of June 2010

@chancedevin

OK, we'll all shut up. Just 'cause you've told us we should & because you've been here a while. We never liked having our own opinions anyway. :P

@DeeEmm

Kinda does sound like Sammie a bit, doesn't it? I don't think Sammie would have ever uttered "Holy Crap" though. She would have probably used some term that was vastly more colorful. chancedevin is friends with CalTrade too. I like CalTrade just fine, but if I remember right, Sammie would have preferred being see more

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