Hello Grégory! As a user of both CE and EE (in different projects, for different customers), I think these changes are a mostly good idea.
Especially bringing imaging to CE is really needed, IMHO. Although the 3rd-party SimpleMedia module exists as a "workaround", resizing images is really a feature everyone needs, not just large companies, and should be in CE. Removing the badge requirement for STK in the CE also seems like a good idea, especially with the upcoming new templating, which will make the STK much more useable out of the box, and hence attractive for all users. Moving Workflow to EE, and leaving Multi-Site there seems ok to me. Multiple Subscribers is a touchy one --> that basically means CE sites will be limited to one public instance, which can be quite a limitation (no load balancing, no fail-safe configurations possible). In my mind, it can't really be assumed that a "simple" site, that doesn't need any of the EE features, will not need to be high-available, or will not need to scale to support large loads. I'd prefer to keep multiple subscribers in the CE. How about categorization? Will that remain EE only? Regards from Vienna, Richard -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Grégory Joseph Gesendet: Freitag, 09. September 2011 16:35 An: Magnolia User-List; Magnolia Dev-List Betreff: [magnolia-user] An outlook on the editions of Magnolia Hi, Following my email announcing 4.5 yesterday, here is another, less time-constrained, topic which we want to expose and discuss. There's an old itch that Magnolia, as a company, has wanted to scratch for a while: we need to have a clearer distinction between the community and the enterprise editions of Magnolia. It's always been a struggle explaining what was different, and why. We've talked to various community members, partners, customers; we've looked at what we have now and where the differences are, and realized that we can indeed streamline and simplify them. And in helping clarifying the distinction between the editions, we think we can drive the development of *both* editions of the product further. Our current plan is to turn the following points into enterprise features: * Multiple subscribers * Multiple sites (this is already the case, as implemented with ETK) * Workflow - at some point in the future, we will migrate to a new workflow engine, and this new module will most likely be EE-only. The rationale here being that, quite simply, those are features that are primarily used by larger enterprises. Conversely, we're looking into at least the following changes for the community edition: * STK's license changes to GPL. No more badge. We thought it was just time to get rid of that barrier. We're now hoping for a broader STK user base and eco system ! * The imaging module goes to CE (GPL, open source and bundled with STK) - no more silly non-resized images with CE. * The commenting module will also go CE. This hasn't been discussed much just yet, but I assume you'll still have the choice to use an external commenting if you wish, but it just makes sense to have this module along side the forum module, which it depends on. These are the main current plans, anyway. Other changes or ideas are not out of the question, with the 2 main goals of streamlining the differences, keeping them where they make sense from a business perspective, all the while allowing greater adoption and participation with the product we all love. In terms of schedule, STK 2.0, which will come with Magnolia 4.5, will have its license changed. Other changes are currently not scheduled precisely, so we're perhaps looking at making those other changes for 5.0. We realize these changes might bum some people out, but we also think they will rejoice others; and that in general, it's a decision that will help driving the product forward. As always, we look forward to your feedback and will be happy to discuss or clarify points as needed. Cheers, Grégory Joseph Magnolia International Ltd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [email protected] http://www.magnolia-cms.com Magnolia® CMS - Simple Open-Source Content Management ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
