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We have just released dotProject 2.1.7 which is primarily a security and bug fix release.  A number of XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities have been reported to us and we have pulled out all stops to ensure they are now fixed.  If you are running any… more »

There is now a new version of dotProject available over on SourceForge. This version cleans up quite a few issues that had sneaked in over time.  Some of the wierdness in the 2.1.5 install has been addressed, so upgrades should be much more functional.… more »

I'm often asked "Why should I use dotProject instead of .  They tell me it is an upgrade/massive improvement/gift from God".  My answer is always the same.  I don't comment on other projects.  If… more »

The 2.1.5 version of dotProject has been released today. This version fixes a number of issues with table prefixing introduced in 2.1.4, and for those using table prefixing, the upgrade is a must. There have also been some improvements to those in large… more »

dotProject 2.1.4 hit the streets today. We integrated some very large patch sets into this release, and while we've taken every care to get it right, there may be a few rough edges. If you find anything you can always submit a bug. But before you do… more »

Sorry everyone - but the hack happened overnight our time - all should be restored now. more »

We've just found that someone has hacked into the dotproject.net site, forums.dotproject.net, and docs.dotproject.net. We will be working to resolve this issue as quickly as we can. We will post more details here as we have them. Update: From what we… more »

Please Note: This version has a requirement of PHP 5.2 or greater as it utilizes multi-byte character functionality to help our large amount of international users. We are looking into a more backward compatible solution for earlier versions of PHP.… more »

First, thank you to everyone who contributed to our survey over the last few months. The results have been very helpful for us to see how you are using dotProject today. One of the largest changes we've made as a team so far is to move dotProject 2.x… more »

dotProject 2.x has been moving very slowly for the past couple years. This is in part to our announcement in December 2007 that dotProject 3.0 would be a complete rewrite. The rewrite continues and you can checkout the progress at the dotProject SVN… more »

We're really pleased that Benjamin (aka TheIdeaMan) has offered to help out the project by taking on more of the administrative tasks. Benjamin has been a much valued and liked member of the dev team for quite a while now and his offer to assist is much… more »

dp3 development proceeded apace whilst we were able to pay one of our developers a wage. Unfortunately that doesn't last forever, and whilst the sponsorship amount was unbelievably generous, eventually a full-time job was required. Most of the day jobs… more »

Version 2.1.2 was released tonight - 29th July 2008. You can get the update from: dotProject Sourceforge Download Further information on what is included in this release is available at: http://docs.dotproject.net We suggest that all sites upgrade as… more »

I guess it is a bit presumptive to call two developers a hackfest, however mosen and I have spent the last week hacking away at dp3 (dotProject version 3 for the uninitiated) and achieving some considerable milestones. I have been a bit disillusioned… more »

After all these years as an admin on dotProject, you get to the point where you think you've seen it all. Having spent, what is increasingly close to 50 years on the planet does give you some expectations with regard to other people's behaviour. But… more »

As part of the push to get dotProject 3 moving, we've organised a gathering of the team leader (who is taking a week off work to do this) and the developer who has been working on the dp3 job thanks to the kind sponsorship of De Bortoli Wines. The week… more »

It seems that as usual, SourceForge have not been able to manage their user cron jobs and hence our nightly snapshot job has not run for some considerable time (and we were not notified). My profound apologies to all who I've directed to the nightly… more »

We've now completed an extensive (over 150 individual test items) testing run of 2.1.2 (the next bug fix release). The status of the release can be monitored at http://devsite.dotproject.net For what's to be incorporated:… more »

It's been a little while since the announcement of the Sponsorship of work on dp3 and so it's probably time for a general status update. You can follow the developments in more depth via the commits list (for the technical) at:… more »

As you'd be aware from postings on this blog in the past, we have been working on an extensive plan for moving dotProject 3.x forward - both technically and functionally. The actual development work on that has been proceeding as and when developer… more »

We see infrequent offers of help from members of the user community, mostly asking how they can help, offering to develop dotProject. There are three major ways in which users of dotProject can help dotProject. If you're not very technical / don't… more »

We're currently running testing on the 2.x CVS tree of dotProject looking towards a 2.1.2 release. This release will include some badly needed fixes to the Files / Folder handling which unfortunately did not incorporate permissions handling properly, as… more »

It would appear that there is the assumption that the move to Zend is going to lose code that has already been developed in the head branch. This, unfortunately, is even coming from former dP developers who should know better. Let me make this… more »

The current release of dotProject is v2.1.1 We are working on a few odds and ends of bug fixes, some performance improvements and a greatly needed overhaul of some of the code in the Files Module (including sorting out permissions inconsistencies), and… more »

In case you missed the announcement we decided that dotProject series 3 needed to have some radical surgery. So we took a look at what was around and decided that a decent framework was in order. So in steps Zend Framework, and a few fevered nights of… more »

I'm often amused at the store people put in statistics. Forum post counts, bug counts, code commits, even lines of code are often touted as being indicative of some worth. The trouble is they are all very misleading. And what does it mean anyway?… more »

Since dotProject was first registered on SourceForge on 1st March 2001, we have used their CVS system for managing the code. Today we moved this across to Subversion (SVN). There are a number of reasons behind the move and behind the timing. Since we… more »

It has been a bit of a rocky road but we have now sorted out all of the insanity in the 2.1 release and have a stable 2.1.1 release for your pleasure. If you installed 2.1 or any of the CVS snapshots since, you should immediately upgrade to 2.1.1 as… more »

With thanks to DeBortoli Wines here in Australia for their sponsorship of the task, we are able to provide a 2.x compatible / offline dotProject User Manual. You can find the PDF's packaged into a single file at: Sourceforge dotProject 2.x Manuals They… more »

The core dotProject development team is taking a rather controversial direction in its future development path, and the fallout from this prompted me to look at some of the ideas behind the controversy. Business struggles with Open Source. It has a… more »

Anyone who has been around dotProject for even a short period of time will know that there are two fundamentals to the way we operate: 1. We defend our dev team's volunteer status and we're grateful for the support that they provide the project; and 2.… more »

After discovering a number of significant bugs in the 2.1 release we've spent the weekend undertaking an extensive bug testing regime - which is still underway. Part of the reason for that is that we're running a series of test scripts over every… more »

It would appear that 2.1 out of the box has a show stopper bug in project Gantt charts and they are effectively unusable. We would strongly suggest that you hold off on deploying 2.1 until we can cut a new release. Our profound apologies for any… more »

After a rather long gestation period, the dotProject team is proud to announce the arrival of a new stable release of dotProject. 2.1 is out and if you have a version prior to this (including the 2.1-rc1 and 2.1-rc2 versions) you should upgrade. What's… more »

Being a bit of a devotee of pm411.org in my own right I was very pleased when Ron contacted us recently about getting somebody from the dev team to talk to him about dotProject. If anybody's interested - the podcast of the interview is available at:… more »

The more eagle eyed of our participants will have undoubtedly noticed a flurry of activity on the bugs listings in the last few days http://bugs.dotproject.net We're lurching back into activity and getting the 2.1 release organised. These releases take… more »

The Marketplace should be available again at http://marketplace.dotproject.net/ Please note that the alternative URL, http://www.dotproject.net/dotprojects/ will no longer work. As this has required a DNS change, it may take a few hours for it to… more »

It turns out we have had a minor problem with the site move, and that is that the Marketplace is not functioning. We will be working on this and hope to have it back and running within 24 hours. more »

You may have noticed a system down message on the main site (and bugs and forums), this was due to the hosting changeover. Everything was completed successfully and you should be now back to full service. We are hoping this will provide a better service… more »

It seems that the web community for dotProject is getting a bit big for its books and we're causing problems for the upstream hoster of the server that we're currently located on. We've decided to move to another hosting environment because of this -… more »

Thanks ajdonnison - it looks like that problem with downloading Language Packs etc is sorted out for the moment. more »

Still dealing with odds and ends of fallout from the server change over for the main website - the latest one to come to light is that language pack downloads aren't working. We're looking into it at the moment and we'll update here once it's sorted out. more »

Looks like we've sorted out most of the problems with the move now so you should be able to login everywhere. Thanks for your patience and thanks to our kind hosters - they have moved us onto a considerably bigger platform which will handle the level of… more »

We are very lucky in that our kind hosters are in the process of moving us onto a bigger server to take the increasing traffic load but there's a few hiccups and odds and ends which we're working on resolving at the moment. We'll get it sorted as… more »

dotProject 2.1 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download. We took a little longer than expected but the wait should be worth it. A number of security fixes that we started in 2.1 rc1 were completed in rc2. I don't really expect there to be an… more »

We've had a bit of a rush of confusion again over asking for dotProject support. All Support is obtained via the support forums - http://support.dotproject.net This includes user, installation, administration AND development questions. Please DO NOT… more »

OK, enough is enough. Stop putting dotProject into the classification of CMS (Content Management System). It isn't. It is a software to support project management. It doesn't manage content, it helps manage projects. I'm even a little uncomfortable with… more »

Over the next few days, time permitting, we need to update the versions of some of the packages we use on dotProject.net - if you keep an eye on the Moderator's announcements forum (http://forums.dotproject.net) and here we'll let you know as each… more »

We're currently getting sorted to get the next release candidate out this week (probably by Wednesday if the planets align and nothing blows up in our faces somewhere else). If anybody is sitting on any bug reports or waiting to provide any feedback to… more »

As you've probably all noticed Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to http://www.bigbluehat.com - those generous people have upped the bandwidth allocation that they already donate to us all. Remember hosting packages for dotProject - speak to… more »

Sorry everyone - it's been too popular again this month and we've exceeded our bandwith allocation. We've been in touch with our kind hosters to see if they can give us a little wiggle room this close to the end of the month and we'll be back soon.… more »

If you have forgotten your password the packages that we use on http://www.dotproject.net all incorporate ways of getting it sent to you automatically. On the main site (http://www.dotproject.net) in the login box on the extreme right hand side of the… more »

There are some services within the dotProject infrastructure that you can pay for. Paid For / Priority Support on the dotProject forums - see http://docs.dotproject.net/index.php/Category: Pay_for_Support if you want details on how it works. The… more »

Okay, 'fess up. Who is running the "daft act guaranteed to drive an admin barking mad in 10 seconds" competition? It's got to be organised. There's no other way to explain the way that these acts happen in blocks. This Week's act of bastardry is all… more »

As our private blogs often waffle on about totally untechnical things, we're moving out dotProject discussions to here. more »