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Joomla has great plans for the future of the CMS. Below are a few of the ideas which have been raised for upcoming releases. When writing a revised roadmap we started by determining what we hoped to accomplish.
Light Core and Core Supported Extensions
Based on feedback the concept of a light core for the Joomla CMS was established. The next step was determining how to achieve a light core and what parts were necessary in this light core version. Obviously there are many opinions on how a light core should be realized, what should be included, and what should be removed. We determined a list of core components which should remain within the CMS and a list of components which could legitimately be removed from core and added to a ‘core supported’ extension category.
Core-Supported Extensions
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At this moment release candidate 2 (RC2) of Joomla 3.4.4. is released so it can be tested by the Joomla community. There are 245 issues being solved in this new small update. You can take a look on Github if you want to know which issues are being solved. This is a link to those issues. You can also take a look at the issues of the development of Joomla 3.5 of 4.0 via the navigation on Github. These versions are of course still in development.
The release date of Joomla 3.4.4 is scheduled on tuesday, 8 september. You can find the announcenment of the release on joomla.org.
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{fa fa-exclamation fa-2x} This is a copy from: http://developer.joomla.org/cms/roadmap.html
Joomla has great plans for the future of the CMS. Below are a few of the ideas which have been raised for upcoming releases. When writing a revised roadmap we started by determining what we hoped to accomplish.
Light Core and Core Supported Extensions
Based on feedback the concept of a light core for the Joomla CMS was established. The next step was determining how to achieve a light core and what parts were necessary in this light core version. Obviously there are many opinions on how a light core should be realized, what should be included, and what should be removed. We determined a list of core components which should remain within the CMS and a list of components which could legitimately be removed from core and added to a ‘core supported’ extension category.
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Justification for this particular set of extensions is a result of much discussion and debate. One determining factor was the availability of better alternatives located through other third-party sources. Not all of the above extensions may have well-known alternatives but most do.
Note: It should be noted what is meant by a core-supported extension. The Joomla CMS is determined to offer an incredible level of backwards compatibility and stability to the community. This does not mean that the CMS should not be able to make progress. It merely means the progress should be handled thoughtfully and carefully. In order to make a light core CMS we must begin removing extensions. We must do so carefully and preserve backwards compatibility. Here is the plan to accomplish this goal.
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Joomla 2.5 hit it's end-of-life (EOL) December 31, 2014. Starting in June the JED will begin phasing out 2.5 extensions. As planned back in April 2012, the JED will list Joomla versions for six months after the announced EOL of Long Term Support (LTS) versions.
The 2.5 Timeline
June 1, 2015: We will no longer accept Joomla 2.5 only extensions.
June 30, 2015: The 2.5 compatibility icon will be disabled and any 2.5 only listings will be removed.
What about Joomla 4?
We will continue to use the 3.x compatibility icon for all Joomla 3 versions. A Joomla 4.x compatibility icon will be added when the PLT releases a stable Joomla 4 version.
Original: http://extensions.joomla.org/blog/item/joomla-2-5-support-ending