CodeIgniter Reactor and Core will both focus on the foundational goal of providing incredible power through a simple and elegant toolset while offering a low barrier to entry, a very small footprint, and comprehensive documentation.
CodeIgniter Reactor will be maintained by EllisLab, but more importantly will be guided by six volunteer Reactor Engineers, a talented and diverse group who will have everything needed to make Reactor a true community effort.
The Reactor Engineers will have write access to CodeIgniter Reactor, and will freely contribute code and documentation from both themselves and the community at large. To prevent feature creep or overwhelming changes to CodeIgniter that would cause instability or require constant updating of existing applications, the Reactor Engineers will debate inclusions based on an agreed upon philosophy for the framework, freely consulting with EllisLab when they deem it necessary. Rather than control the feature set and workflow, EllisLab will contribute to Reactor in the same way that the Reactor Engineers do and make themselves available for general oversight.
CodeIgniter Core will be exclusively maintained by EllisLab and honor the tradition of being purposefully slow, suspicious of additional features, and hyper critical of incoming code. CodeIngiter Core ensures that there will always be a real world tested branch that can be used with confidence on risk-averse projects, such as enterprise level web applications, large scale corporate development, and government institutions. EllisLab will pull the best of Reactor into Core over time.
EllisLab is confident in the Reactor Engineers, the CodeIgniter community in general, and the process itself, and therefore will be championing CodeIgniter Reactor as the branch of choice for the majority of projects.
This significant change in approach also requires a significant shift in how the community contributes new ideas. EllisLab is pleased to launch http://codeigniter.uservoice.com, the new official location for CodeIgniter feature requests and idea sharing where the community can start contributing ideas for CodeIgniter Reactor’s development immediately. The old CodeIgniter Feature Request forum has been closed.
In the coming weeks, the Reactor Engineers and EllisLab will be making decisions together that will put these ideas into practice. Some time in early 2011, the finalized plan created by the Reactor Engineers and EllisLab along with the resources created to facilitate the development of CodeIgniter Reactor will be released, as will the branch itself.
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