XOOPS: Watching a great project fall apart

[doctormo at gmail.com (Martin Owens)]

Everything dies as they say.

But if there is enough interest then you can pump the belows and bring
the project back to life, you don't even need to be a programmer just
a people person. Find out why programmers are no longer developing. Is
it because the developers found something better to work on?

On 17/04/07, Eric C <eric at newmag.org> wrote:
> <whining>
> in my brief experience with open source software (~4
> or 5 years) i've learned a lot.  basically everything
> i know about computers and my current job is due to
> open source software and the people who support it.
> unfortunately, i'm watching one of my favorite
> projects, XOOPS, completely fall apart.  i started
> using it a couple of years ago after trying out many
> different CMS's and XOOPS was (at the time) the best.
> easy to install, manage and had a ton of modules.
> then there was a shift in leadership.  some devs ran
> for the hills.  the new version was buggy (2.2.x).
> then they went back to the old version.  modules and
> themes weren't compatible.  i got stuck on a basically
> dead fork.  then the main project stopped being
> developed.  on sourceforge the cvs / svn activity is
> basically zero.  everybody on the forums is bitching,
> nobody's developing.  what a shame.  there's xoopscube
> (started by the founder of XOOPS) and some other forks
> but it's not the same.  so sad to watch the dying
> embers of one of my favorite open source projects.  i
> do my part to try and prop it up, but XOOPS is quickly
> dying.
>
> i guess it's time to start playing with another cms.
> it sucks.
> </whining>
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