Released on : 15 May 2006 UTC 22:00  SVN Build 3515

Here you will be able to download and find information about Joomla! 1.0.9 Beta 2.  

1.0.9 Beta 2 represents roughly 90 - 95% of what will become 1.0.9 Stable

We appreciate any and all assistance in stress testing 1.0.9 Beta 2 to allow us to ensure 1.0.9 Stable is indeed rock solid. In fact it is for this very reason that we have made this Beta available to the community.

Please remember that the aim is to test how close/far 1.0.9 Beta 2 is to release as 1.0.9 Stable.

This represents the first public Beta of a Stability Release being mde available to the community.  This is being done in the hope that this will lead to far more rigorous testing, prior to a Stable Release being packaged and released to the public. 

Please note that this release is targetted more at the Development Community rather than the general public and is being made to assist our release process.

Download

1.0.9 Beta 2 is only available as a Full Package release - which means that it contains all core files, including those not modified during the 1.0.9 Stability & Security work conducted.  Thus there are no Patch packages containing only the changed files, like what would be available in the Stable release.

• Joomla_1.0.9-Beta2-Full_Package.zip
• Joomla_1.0.9-Beta2-Full_Package.tar.gz
• Joomla_1.0.9-Beta2-Full_Package.tar.bz

Please note that this means that package also includes the /installation/ folder

* Warning *

As this is a Beta release, users are advised NOT to use on a 'live' or production site.

Should you do so, you do so at your own risk and you should take suitable precautionary measures.

You should BACKUP both your sites database and files.

If you are fairly new to this whole process and lack the technical knowledge to fix any problems that may occur in using Beta code, than you should NOT be using this release and should wait for the official 1.0.9 Stable Release. 

1.0.9 Stable Release Schedule

So when will 1.0.9 stable be released? The simple answer is that there is NO set date for its release,

It will all depend and be dictated by how 1.0.9 Beta 2 fairs during the testing process.

We of course have an internal target date and are just as keen as the community to see it released as soon as practical, but we also want to ensure and maintain the quality of release without having to be constrained by trying to meet a rigid public target date.

However, we do not forsee the process taking any longer than 2 weeks at the maximum.

Bug Reporting

If you experience a bug in 1.0.9 Beta 2, can you please indicate that you are using 1.0.9 Beta 2 when reporting the possible bug. Bug reporting can be made in the following 2 places:

• 1.0.x Bug Tracker
  You need to be registered on the forge to submit reports
  
• 1.0.x Q&T Forum
  

Please remember to provide as much detail about the bug report as possible.

Upgrading from 1.0.9 Beta 2

Please reading the `Warning` statement above.

As 1.0.9 Beta 2 is a test release, there will be NO official support for upgrading from 1.0.9 Beta 2 to 1.0.9 Stable. 
However, the process should be as simple as using the 1.0.9 Stable Full package or 1.0.8 to 1.0.9 Patch Package when they become available.

Installing 1.0.9 Beta 2 on an existing site

Since there are no changes to the Database (as in other 1.0.x releases) you merely need to overwrite your sites files with the new 1.0.9 Beta 2 files.

There are 2 methods available:

1. Unzip the Package file on your local computer.  Then transfer all the files accross to your web server with an FTP client, setting to overwrite all existing files.
2. If your web server has an web management panel like Plesk or Cpanel the process is even quicker. Upload the tar.gz package version to your webserver in your sites root directory and in your web management panels file manager there is an option to extract the package file.  This will automatically extract files from the package and overwrite any existing files.

Note, that the package includes the /installation/ folder and you should not transfer it in method 1. or delete it later in method 2.

Changelog

Currently 1.0.9 Beta 2 contains

• 120+ General Bug fixes
• 9 Low Level Security Fixes
  

Read the full 1.0.9 Beta 2 Changelog here

More Information

More information regards some Security and Performance changes made in 1.0.9 will be blogged about in the next few days and of course more infromation will be included in the official 1.0.9 Stable Press Release.