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6 months
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ajdonnison
We have just released dotProject 2.1.7 which is primarily a security and bug fix release. A number of XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities have been reported to us and we have pulled out all stops to ensure they are now fixed. If you are
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running any version of dotProject, please consider upgrading as soon as possible.
In addition a number of usability issues have been fixed, and potential problems with upgrades for users on 2.1.1 and prior releases - so there is no excuse for not upgrading!
As usual you can download the release at https://sourceforge.net/projects/dotproject
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Posted
9 months
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ajdonnison
There is now a new version of dotProject available over on SourceForge. This version cleans up quite a few issues that had sneaked in over time. Some of the wierdness in the 2.1.5 install has been addressed, so upgrades should be much more
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functional.
A lot of input from the community has been incorporated, including some great localisation fixes from the Brazillian dotProject community. Those guys and gals always provide inspiration, and I'm truly sorry that our timezone differences make online meetings a problem.
There seems to be a lot of activity in the community at the moment, and it all is to the betterment of the project.
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over 2 years
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ajdonnison
I'm often asked "Why should I use dotProject instead of <insert project management software of your choice here>. They tell me it is an upgrade/massive improvement/gift from God". My answer is always the same. I don't comment
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on other projects. If you want to use their product, fine. If you want to use dotProject, fine. If you ask me what are the features of dotProject, I am only too happy to tell you. If you ask me how they compare to another, I'll tell you I can't tell you. This often causes confusion/dismay/anger or a range of emotions in the questioner.
Open source is full of projects of variable quality and purpose. Which one you choose should be up to you. In general you can download for free, or try out a demo, and look for plenty of independent assessments on what features map to those of another project. What you are asking me is to do your homework for you. What you are expecting is a dispassionate, reasoned set of arguments showing why my project is better or worse than another. Are you really that naive? Nobody is dispassionate about their code. If they were they would not be coding open source. I cannot give you unbiased advice, and certainly cannot compare my project to another without some level of bias. So I won't do it.
Now this brings us to those that do proffer comparisons and wax lyrically about their project versus another. You have to ask yourself why would they be doing this? To my mind there are only a few options, and they can be summarised as Arrogance, Jealousy, Petulance, and Profit. Now remember, I'm talking open source here, I don't make any money off of this code, so I don't really have much of an incentive to get heaps of people using it and demanding free support from me unless I have some level of arrogance myself. I do. But I try to keep that to myself and not let it influence others. Those that proselytise have a different sort of arrogance, one that does not extend to respect, only to self interest. Jealously and Petulance are juvenile reactions to what is seen as the more popular kid in school (or a variation on that theme,) something I've grown out of a long time ago. Profit is something that I really don't care much about in my open source work. I don't do it for profit. I do it to scratch an itch. I don't do it to prove that others are no good, I do it to prove to myself that I am. If you use my code, great, that validates me. If you don't, great, that means there are other great programs out there, and great programmers. But don't do it because the programmer tells you it is great, do it because the software works for you, and you can only determine that by investigation and trial.
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over 2 years
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ajdonnison
The 2.1.5 version of dotProject has been released today. This version fixes a number of issues with table prefixing introduced in 2.1.4, and for those using table prefixing, the upgrade is a must. There have also been some improvements to
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those in large organisations where staff turnover is an issue. These include being able to easily bulk transfer tasks from one user to another, and to have automated management of the visibility of contact information when users are inactivated.
The ProjectDesigner module has now been made a core module. This makes managing of large projects easier. You can access it from the System Admin -> Modules page.
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over 2 years
ago
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ajdonnison
dotProject 2.1.4 hit the streets today. We integrated some very large patch sets into this release, and while we've taken every care to get it right, there may be a few rough edges. If you find anything you can always submit a bug. But
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before you do check that it hasn't already been reported and also make sure you check on our forums.
So, what has changed?
PHP 5.3 support - You can now run with PHP 5.3 and it will still run on earlier versions.
Database Prefix - For those hosting dP, this should make you smile. No need to separate dP out into its own database, as it can share the database with other apps.
XHTML compliance - there has been a lot of work on XHTML compliance.
XSS vulnerabilities - we found a few, and have taken steps to ensure that we don't have any more.
Bug fixes - heaps of them - you can always check the bug repository to see what we've fixed.
Performance gain - There have been patches around to implement a permissions cache to improve permissions performance, and we have now fully integrated this into the official release.
So thanks to all who assisted with bug reports, patches and supporting our users on the forums.
Because of the amount of code changes, and the nature of the patches (which have touched just about every part of the code), we have set aside time to ensure we can get a follow up release out should it be necessary.
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Posted
about 3 years
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karen
Sorry everyone - but the hack happened overnight our time - all should be restored now.
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Posted
about 3 years
ago
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theideaman
We've just found that someone has hacked into the dotproject.net site, forums.dotproject.net, and docs.dotproject.net. We will be working to resolve this issue as quickly as we can. We will post more details here as we have
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them.
Update: From what we can tell it's a basic "script kiddy" sort of hacking (read, mostly just annoying). We are working to remove the problem and get things back to normal.
Update: We're back!
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over 3 years
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theideaman
To all of you who have patiently waited on us, Thank you! To those who have contributed to this releases success through bug reports, forum posts, and code contributions, a very special thank you!! We, the dotProject team, are happy to
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announce the immediate availability of dotProject 2.1.3. This release is primarily a security and bug fix release, but it also marks the first successful release since we've switched to Git.
If you are currently running dotProject, we highly recommend that you upgrade to this release. Please report any issues that you find at our bug tracking site.
The latest dotProject release is available on both GitHub and SourceForge.
.tgz format
.zip format
A complete list of changes is available in the Changelog file (which is also in the downloads).
Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy this new release!
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over 3 years
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theideaman
First, thank you to everyone who contributed to our survey over the last few months. The results have been very helpful for us to see how you are using dotProject today. One of the largest changes we've made as a team so far is to move
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dotProject 2.x development from Subversion on SourceForge.net (where dotProject 2.x development continues) to Git on GitHub.com. More detailed information on the new setup is available on the dotProject Code Repository page on the docs site.
In the survey results we've found that over 40% of you have customized dotProject in some way. Many of the comments we've seen have also stated interesting customizations and improvements.
Historically, those have been tricky to get back into the core of dotProject. Now, with the move to Git, the process is much simpler.
GitHub provides an easy system for "forking" a project. In Git terminology a "fork" is merely a clone of an existing Git repository. This means that you can create your own fork of dotProject within Git, add your code to the Git repository, pull in changes we make via Git, and request to push your changes to us--which would get them added to a feature branch and eventually the core of dotProject after they're approved.
The particulars of doing this sort of thing is more the realm of the forums.
We hope that this move will allow you the opportunity to contribute your customizations and improvements back to the community in a way that will benefit the entire dotProject community.
Thank you,
TheIdeaMan
for The dotProject Team
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Posted
almost 4 years
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theideaman
dotProject 2.x has been moving very slowly for the past couple years. This is in part to our announcement in December 2007 that dotProject 3.0 would be a complete rewrite. The rewrite continues and you can checkout the progress at the dotProject SVN
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repo.
However, we realize that 3.0 is still very much "in progress" and that most of you are using some version of dotProject 2.x (or even 1.x). As such, we have begun giving dotProject 2.x renewed focus and energy with the hopes of providing an actively improving project management system for you while you wait on dotProject 3.0.
To that end, we'd like to get some feedback from you on what you're currently using to host dotProject (what version of PHP, MySQL, Apache, etc). We want to consider the typical hosting environment, as we consider implementing the "latest and greatest" technology into dotProject 2.x.
Please take a moment to fill out this brief survey. As always, we welcome any and all feedback at the dotProject support forums.
Thank you!
Please fill out our form.
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