LQ Code Upgrade

jeremy · 11-26-2005, 06:08 PM

The LQ code upgrade has been officially scheduled. From the announcement.

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On Saturday December 3rd LinuxQuestions.org will be undergoing a much anticipated code upgrade. Nearly every section of the site will be impacted. The upgrade itself will require us to bring down the entire site while the upgrade is being performed. This means that ALL sections of the site will be down. Additional sites such as the LQ Wiki, LQ ISO and LQ Radio will not be impacted. We will keep you updated on the status of the upgrade on this wiki page. The expected scheduled downtime is 7am-11:59am LQST (also known as EST). If you have any questions or comments, you can post them in this thread. Thanks.

--jeremy

cs-cam · 11-27-2005, 06:01 AM

Schweet. Having been involved in a major update like this myself, I wish you the best of luck as it's so easy to find the smallest incompatibilities between the production and staging servers just after you upload

fouldsy · 11-27-2005, 06:02 AM

Looking forward to it - hope you don't have too many niggles with the upgrade!

Emmanuel_uk · 11-28-2005, 07:29 AM

Good luck. Hope it goes well. Where do you want report of bugs / comments if any
once the new version is going on? Do you want us to use only this thread of use the Website Suggestions & Feedback forum at large.

jeremy · 11-28-2005, 08:20 AM

I'll release more info on that once the release is live. Getting close now

--jeremy

apepost · 11-28-2005, 04:15 PM

What changes will be noticeable for the public after the update?

XavierP · 11-28-2005, 04:35 PM

Cosmetic and aesthetic changes will be the most obvious changes. But let's not jump the gun - it is a complete makeover and will be released in less than a week.

titanium_geek · 11-28-2005, 07:58 PM

looks good, awesome new features... I can't wait!

titanium_geek

EclipseAgent · 11-29-2005, 01:15 PM

Can't wait.. can we get a "description" of some changes, also what version of VB?

MasterC · 11-29-2005, 06:11 PM

Can't wait eh

My personal description is "sexy".

Cool

jeremy · 11-29-2005, 06:59 PM

EclipseAgent, there is almost nothing that hasn't changed. We've redone the forums, the HCL, reviews, LinuxAnswers...we even rewrote the press section. In addition we've added multiple completely new sections and a variety of new feature will be in the existing sections.

--jeremy

titanium_geek · 11-29-2005, 07:10 PM

only 3 more days of the old LQ! 4 days to wait till the new one!
yay! yay!

titanium_geek

Charred · 11-29-2005, 08:37 PM

I'm dizzy with anticipation! ("Or is it wind? It must be really important because there certainly seems to be a HELL of a lot of it!..."

)

J.W. · 11-29-2005, 10:18 PM

All I can say is that I am very much looking forward to Dec 3. Good things are just waiting to happen

jeremy · 11-29-2005, 10:30 PM

FWIW, as of today all "open" bugs for the beta have been closed so we are well on our way. On the 3rd we'll certainly be looking for as many people as possible to be on the boards looking for bugs and testing the new features. If you'll be around at about noon LQST and would like to help, make sure to stop by. We also already have an nice feature list that will be rolled out shortly after the initial release. One good thing about the upgraded code is that is gives us a little better framework to work off of...

--jeremy