Joomla! Project Information

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Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on October 2, 2009 at 9:32pm

Official Project Announcements
Official announcements are always posted on Joomla.org and typically announced in the Forums. If you want to minimal information, at least subscribe to this feed or the forum announcements. That will give you upgrades, which includes core security fixes.

Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on October 2, 2009 at 9:33pm

Joomla! Project Leadership
In the past, several members of the core team preferred their membership situation not be made into a big announcement and, as a result, the Core Team decided to handle membership changes by keeping the Joomla! Project Leadership list current.

Recently, the project adopted a less formal structure with a simplified, flatter organization comprised of Open Source Matters, and the Joomla Leadership Team which oversees two Working Groups. These public email lists are good sources to read to learn of the Leadership Team and Working Group activities.
- Joomla Leadership Team;
- Joomla Production Work Group;
- Joomla Community Work Group - list of various teams and members.

Open Source Matters
There is an OSM News Blog but no public email list. OSM manages many approval processes, including Trademark permissions, Joomla! User Group authorizations, and inclusion in JoomlaConnect. In reality, gaining access to most resources (other than core code) can first involve verification by OSM and that process can take time.

Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on October 2, 2009 at 9:33pm

Developer Mailing Lists
Development is one of the responsibilities of the Production Working Group Leaders. There are four different developer mailing lists. External community can request membership to these groups and should be mindful of purpose.

- General development- anyone who has questions about Joomla! development, including extension development, etc., can post there. The core developers typically watch these posts and offer ideas.
- Joomla! Bug Squad - Bug Squad members sometimes post issues for broader discussion
- Joomla! CMS development - Joomla! 1.6 focus on visible parts of Joomla!, core extensions, templates, etc.
- Joomla! Framework- Joomla! 1.6 focus on the core framework.

Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on October 2, 2009 at 9:33pm

Blog Posts
On the Joomla! Community Web site, there is a blog for the Leadership Team and a Community Blog. The Community Blog is not considered an official source of project information.

Permalink Reply by Amy Stephen on October 4, 2009 at 3:58pm

Developer Environments

For those who are looking to set-up environments, Mark Dexter (Joomla! Leadership Team, Bug Squad Lead), created great documentation for XAMPP/Eclipse. Very much recommend using this, if you are looking for an environment that works well for J! development.

- Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development - XAMPP, Eclipse, SVN
- Setting up your workstation for Joomla! development -- Part 2 - xDebug and Creating Patch Files
- Webinar: Using Eclipse for Joomla! Development (Video)