(Announce) 3.5-3.6 development cycle is underway
Alex-SF
After quite a bit of analysis, discussion and consideration, we have
just kicked off the 3.5-3.6 development of the ControlTier project
(code named "Vandelay"). All development work will be done on a 3.5
branch and the production release distributed and supported as 3.6. We
anticipate the first official release this May but will make several
pre-releases before that. As development continues, we'd like as much
feedback from the broader community as possible. Please post to the
list, hop in the IRC, or join the weekly development conference call
if you have any questions.
Consolidating the ControlTier tool chain, simplifying the user
experience and improving the architecture are the major goals for 3.5.
These goals were originally motivated by the http://controltier.org/wiki/Roadmap_wishlist
and ultimately culminate in http://controltier.org/wiki/Architecture_(TNG)
as "4.0".
The scope of the development work is described here:
http://controltier.org/wiki/Development_scope_(Vandelay). One of the
most visible changes to ControlTier will be from the consolidation of
several webapps into a new webapp called "CTL Center" (say control
center): http://controltier.org/wiki/Development_scope_(Vandelay)#CTL_Center_UI
CTL Center addresses many of the usability and deficiencies in the
3.0-3.4 designs and provides a single operations console. The design
also reflects the rationalization of ControlTier concepts which should
reduce some of the current complexity and let new users become
productive much quicker.
Support for the 3.4 release will continue during the 3.5 development
though no feature development will be done there. Module development
can continue independently of the 3.5 development. It is a requirement
to maintain backwards compatibility with 3.4 modules. Before the 3.6
release, we will merge module changes on the 3-4-support branch into
the 3-5 code line.
The 3.5 development progress will be discussed in the Friday
development meeting held weekly and summarized via a post to the
group. Please join the call if you are interested.
Thanks, Alex