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Hi all,
As you might know, you can download untested, unstable Jinzora code from our SVN Repository.
Our developers use the repository to store the code they're working on. Because this code work in progress, it might contain flaws. For instance, we've removed some directories from Jinzora 3, since we won't need them anymore.
However, we have not yet changed the Web Based Installer, to reflect those changes. This means the installer looks for directories that aren't there.
As a result, users who trie to install the Jinzora 3 SVN branche, need to create the directories manually to continue installation.
Because it can take a while before we update the Web Based Installer, we've decided to re-add the missing directories to SVN, so you won't encounter this problem anymore.
But keep in mind, the code can still contain bugs, since it's definitely not a stable release.
Happy testing!
Maarten
Hello everyone,
Thank you for your continued interest in Jinzora!
In the past, I've received several e-mails from people who want to help in developing Jinzora. This is something we need to think through carefully: Because we don't know how good (or bad) a coder might be, we can't guarantee the quality of Jinzora if it would be open to all developers.
We tried to manage this by letting coders send their code to us so we could merge it into SVN after approval. But this is a very time consuming job. And since we don't have a lot of time, some good code got lost because we never had time to test and commit it.
So we are now looking into ways to make the community more self-supporting, while maintaining the high quality Jinzora stands for.
Jinzora OpenDevelopment
We're starting a test by opening up SVN to other developers!
We're not really sure how this will be done, but we're thinking of creating a new writeable SVN branche. The Jinzora 2 SVN branche will be closed soon, since we're focusing on the first release of Jinzora 3.
To be able to guarantee the quality of Jinzora, there will probably be two Jinzora 3 branches: The 'closed' Jinzora 3 SVN branche that's writeable to the Jinzora Team only and a Jinzora 3 OpenDevelopment branche that will be open to the community.
Users can then choose to download the 'classic' or the 'opendevelopment' version of Jinzora. Perhaps we'll merge the two branches periodically, after checking the committed code. We'll have to wait and see how this develops, but it could certainly lead to a new boost for Jinzora!
Like to help?
We would love to hear from you! Since this really is a community effort, we think it's good to be as open as possible. Therefore, we'd like to know a few things about our new developers. You can sign up for Jinzora OpenDevelopment by adding a few details to the forum post below:
- Your first name (last name is optional).
- Country you're residing in.
- Language you code in (PHP, Java, (x)HTML, CSS, etc).
- Things you like to develop or improve.
Sign up now! Over the next few weeks we'll setup the repository and give write access to those willing to help!
If you have any questions, please post them in this topic.
Thanks for your time,
Maarten
Hello everyone,
Next Wednesday, April 9 we'll be moving our servers to a new location. Unfortunately, this means our sites and services will be unavailable for a couple of hours.
If you experience any problems, please check back after 1 or 2 hours and everything should be fine again.
We are sorry for any inconvenience and try to move everything as fast as possible.
As you might know, we've got a Virtual Office in Second Life.
This is a great place to meet other users, hang out, enjoy the jukebox and ask questions about Jinzora.
Feel free to hop in and discuss your Jinzora ideas or just general chit chat. How very Web 3.0!
Wim spent the last weeks painting and decorating our very new HQ. It's all dusted, cleaned and polished now so you're all invited to the Grand Opening!
Last week our German friends from 'C'T, Magazin fur Computer Technik wrote an article on online media managers. Naturally they mentioned Jinzora in the article.This will probably attract some new German visitors to our site, so I'd like to say Herzlich Willkommen!
We hope you enjoy your stay with us! Please visit the Forums if you need any help.
A snippet of the article is available as PDF. It's rather large, so you might want to download it first:
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