In case you haven't seen this, there's a discussion about 2.5 Beta in the forum:
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=683588 Regarding the version numbers, I came across this video where Ron Severdia of the Production Leadership Team explains it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCrbPZpek3s Merry Christmas Happy Chanukah 2011/12/23 Donna Marie Vincent <donnamarievinc...@yahoo.com> > 1.6 and 1.7 were transitional versions to 1.8. > > 1.8 is now being called 2.5 because the numbering was off since 1.5 which > should have been 2.0. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 22, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Scott Wolpow <sc...@wolpow.com> wrote: > > > They have decided to go with a random number version system. :) > > > > It is the goal to catch up to the correct number which should be Joomla > 4.0 > > > > Joomla 1.x is 1 > > 1.5 should have been 2 > > 1.6 should have been 3 > > Just my opinion. > > > > SW > > > > On 12/22/2011 10:33 PM, Chris French wrote: > >> What is up with the large jump in version number? > >> On Dec 22, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Helvécio da Silva wrote: > >> > >>> Installed it locally. Sounds promising. No problems so far. Things are > >>> going smooth. Loved the new smart search feature! > >>> > >>> 2011/12/22 Scott Wolpow<sc...@wolpow.com>: > >>>> And the Unified Content Model from eBay is also available. > >>>> > >>>> https://github.com/eBaySF/joomla-platform > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 12/22/2011 6:54 PM, Stephen Britton wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Gang, > >>>> > >>>> The long awaited, Joomla 2.5 beta version 1 is now available for > download. > >>>> > http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5397-joomla-25-beta1-released.html > >>>> > >>>> Keep in mind that this version is just for testing and not yet ready > for > >>>> actual website building. > >>>> > >>>> Looks like there are a lot of goodies in the new version. We owe the > long > >>>> list of programmers many thanks. On the site, you will see > information on > >>>> how you can help with testing. > >>>> > >>>> Hopefully, you will make some time to install it locally and see how > it > >>>> works. > >>>> > >>>> Wishing everyone Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! > >>>> > >>>> All best, > >>>> > >>>> Steve > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Stephen Britton > >>>> Technology Consultant > >>>> sbrit...@gmail.com > >>>> Twitter: @StephenBritton > >>>> ph: 914-661-0040 > >>>> > >>>> "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." > - > >>>> George Bernard Shaw > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > >>>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > >>>> > >>>> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > >>>> http://www.nyphpcon.com > >>>> > >>>> Show Your Participation in New York PHP > >>>> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > >>>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > >>>> > >>>> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > >>>> http://www.nyphpcon.com > >>>> > >>>> Show Your Participation in New York PHP > >>>> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva > >>> Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio...@gmail.com > >>> http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > >>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > >>> > >>> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > >>> http://www.nyphpcon.com > >>> > >>> Show Your Participation in New York PHP > >>> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > >> _______________________________________________ > >> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > >> > >> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > >> http://www.nyphpcon.com > >> > >> Show Your Participation in New York PHP > >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio...@gmail.com http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com
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