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Ibuildings Blog: About Open Source software projects

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:27:15 -0500

On the Ibuildings blog today Mikko Koppanen talks a bit about Open Source software projects and things that can help to make them successful.

An idea can be a tool or a library that you need and think others might find useful; a new technology innovation; or something you think you could implement better than the existing tools. Extra care has to be taken if you decide to create a new tool to replace an old one. In most cases, these projects end up reinventing the wheel without any added value. A wheel is wheel, right?

He recommends a team infrastructure growth as the application grows and the importance of documentation and maintenance after the project has been launched.

CodeIgniter Blog: CodeIgniter 1.6.3 Maintenance and Security Release

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:34:52 -0500

The CodeIgniter framework has made a new release today, 1.6.3, containing updates to fix a few bugs and address some security concerns.

We are happy to release CodeIgniter version 1.6.3 today. Version 1.6.3 is primarily a maintenance release, with a variety of bug fixes and some refinement to existing features (with a few new ones tossed in for good measure). Details of course can be found in the Change Log.

The release also fixes a potential cross-site scripting issue that, while it hasn't been reported as used yet, could still have some bad consequences if found and abused. You can grab this latest version from the CodeIgniter downloads page.

Andi Gutmans' Blog: Zend Framework May Update...

Mon, 19 May 2008 13:44:26 -0500

Andi Gutmans (of Zend) has posted an update on the status of the Zend Framework for the month of May:

This [May 15th maintenance release] reinforces our commitment to high quality and we will continue to release periodic mini releases on an as needed basis. [...] Not only is the Zend Framework user base growing rapidly but we are also seeing a sharp rise in adoption of ZF in business-critical commercial applications.

He mentions several major sites moving to use the framework like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IGN Entertainment as well as the update they've made to the contribution process to allow for easier submission and review.

CodeIgniter Blog: Version 1.5.4 Released

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:46:00 -0500

The CodeIgniter project has released their latest version of their framework today - CodeIgniter 1.5.4:

Version 1.5.4 is primarily a maintenance release. For a list of all changes please see the Change Log. If you are currently running CodeIgniter please read the update instructions.

Included in the list of changes are things like:

Added some additional mime types in application/config/mimes.php.
Fixed MSSQL insert_id().
Fixed a bug in display of queries with characters that would be interpreted as HTML in the Profiler output
Updated the XSS Filtering to take into account the IE expression() ability and improved certain deletions to prevent possible exploits