Anyone using it in production yet? We're about to go live using 1.21 but the Calendar in 1.3 looks really cool and I'm tempted to run with it. The first class will be under 20 students and starts next week.
Stick with 1.21 without the calendar, mod 1.21 and add in the calendar or go 1.3?
Comments?
swany
I'm not using 1.3 in production yet, because blocks and calender are not a priority to me, but as I can follow the CVS evolution, I have the impression that this developementversion is kept much more carefull then the former (leaving modifications in conrtrib in stead of releasing it into the nightly)
If you don't care for regulary update's and take good backup, you can take the risk. Subscribe yourself on the CVS mailinglist so you can follow the when and why of the updates!
Swany,
You might be well advised to go with 1.2.1 right now. 1.3 is more than just the Calendar, Moodle will be "getting a kick in the backside" as Martin has said, thanks to Jon's block code concept. There may be surprises over the next few weeks as more people begin to test it out. But, it's looking REALLY REALLY good!
Bryan
I have to admit, I'm a "bleeding edge" kinda guy. With only 149 students currently exposed to Moodle, I have a little more flexibility with what I do. I am using 1.3 dev with the calendar, not the blocks (yet)
and I LOVE IT!!! The students love it because they can easily track due dates. The parents love it because with a quick glance they can see what's on the horizon. Great stuff!
I would agree with the earlier comment, that the current nightly version seems very stable (relatively speaking) and on my test server the blocks work AWESOME!!!!
In my 1 year using Moodle, I have never had a problem so serious that it couldn't be fixed with a little patience, problem solving and a good backup
. And come to find out, most of my problems have been with my hosting company changing PHP settings, etc. and NOT with Moodle.
Best advice... use the released version, but if you like to live on the wild side.....
Marc
I had one really minor problem that was cured within an hour of posting it here, but basically 1.3 seems to work fine for me. I am using on production (about 120 students).
The thing about my experience with Moodle is that when it goes wrong it does NOT go wrong in a catestrophic way. So, in a way I have had a few 'bugs', but none of them serious.
Compare this an expensive software system we are using at my university...it has some small but serious limitations. But there is no way in hell that we are going to be able to get any changes made. The expensive software is thus left unused.
Once upon at time I did not seem to be able to backup quizes after a Moodle upgrade. This was potentially a serious problem but, again, posting here resulted in a cure within a few days (things seem to be getting quicker!).
But don't take my word for it. If you have a lot of students, 1.2 is safer.
The blocks are amazing. Wow. Who needs Xoops etc now? Moodle is getting to be a portal (nuke-ish). Thanks Jon.
Tim
Takemoto
My latest idea is to install 1.3 into a moode13 folder on the same machine and also create a moodle121 folder into which I'll move all the 121 files and folders. Then I'll move the 1.3 files and folders up to root and run 13 using the same database and private data folders (after it updates the database).
This should work as long as the database for 1.3 builds on version 1.21 and is NOT different. This way I could easily swap out one version for the other if I have problems and need to revert down to 1.21.
Is this going to work or is the 1.3 database a whole new structure?
swany