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Passing revision 700, issue 100
I was amazed on Friday when my buildout told me GetPaid had reached the 700th revision. Now, as we hone in on the final pieces that are being put in place for the Red Ochre release, it is exciting to see it all come together! Read on for more on moving into release mode...
I am definitely getting antsy, and it seems like others are also, for a release. This last week, the channel has been livelier (#getpaid), new nightly builds are being sent out for testing, the wiki is getting tweaked more as documentation is getting drafted, and the tarballs keep rolling off the download area as people test and use the product. I added an issue and then realized it was the 100th issue reported (though as of the writing of this, less than half of those are open, and only a couple dozen are for this release). There was really no way we could have known what this product was going to turn into when we started, since we haven't done anything like this before...and we have learned a LOT along the way! The product itself has transformed, both in its vision as well as technically speaking, since we started.
It is exciting to see the sites that are in development and waiting for the product - or already incorporating it at an early stage. Some of the sponsors are hard at work on those, including Trees for Life, which will be launching its new site with GetPaid, as well as Contextual Corporation, ifPeople and Totsie.com, who are all working on client sites with GetPaid. In addition, our community has grown and we also have folks in Italy actively contributing development towards commerce sites.
While the system itself is currently working (download it here), there are still a few more significant pieces to put in place, such as the backup manager. There are several smaller tweaks we are evaluating and working on as well, including i18n cleanup, inline documentation, etc. If you are interested to help, please check out remaining issues!
As we near the Plone Conference, where we have 2 GetPaid talks included, the pending release is even more exciting! Though I am already thinking about the celebration for the release...it is also a time when we are getting several inquiries about the future - new features, extensions for new use cases, integration with other systems, adding new payment processors, etc etc...and we realize how what initially was like kicking a little pebble down a hill has turned into quite a movement with a lot of energy and excitement from the community.
Thank you all for your support! Let's make this an awesome release and a vibrant, sustainable community :)
