| Tagged in: joomla security updates | Jul 23, 2009 |
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| Posted by: JB Vanover in Technology |
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Is anybody else annoyed at the frequency of these security updates, especially for us manual laborers it's a little much yes?
and for those who use template overrides another issue to deal with re security updates:
http://brian.teeman.net/joomla-gps/automatic-joomla-updates.html
This is a time and cost issue for small biz using Joomla and frankly in my opinion is bordering on painindabutt territory -
I know upgrading a cms is not as easy updating say an ftp program but, automating joomla security updates as much possible and/or getting updates down to say 6 a year, I think is going to be important cost and time issue going forward.
Oh, and now all my sites' backups are technically not up to date. I'm about to dig in to Joomlapack native tools which purportedly will automate and solve this issue, link below, but the good folks at Joomla need get a handle on the variety of consequences joomla security updates have on us humps out hustling da joomlaz on the street.
http://joomlapack.net/news/releases/native-tools-2009-3.html
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I guess we want critical security updates *asap* when they're available . . . and yet, you're right, it begins to look a little like we're chasing our tail.
What can we contribute constructively on this? Perhaps the greatest relevance is to the NEXT major upgrade -- 1.6. Perhaps we should have some active discussion (e.g. in Joomla Chicago and other forums) about factors to take into account when deciding how soon after release to more clients into 1.6. I think this is an area where we can really gain strength by putting our heads together.