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Joomla! has two code bases. The newest release is typically called Joomla! 1.5 while the legacy release is often referred to as Joomla! 1.0. Joomla! 1.5 is the focus of the Joomla! Developer Team and the only place that new features are actively added. Only bug and security fixes are made to the legacy release. The Joomla! Bug Squad supports both the Joomla! 1.5 and Joomla! 1.0 code bases of software. Following are important resources related to Joomla!'s code bases. Joomla! 1.5
Joomla! 1.0
Accessing current buildsIf you are developing or helping with fixing bugs, you will want to work on the most recent builds that incorporate all of the fixes that take place between releases. There are several ways to do this. one of the simplest ways to do this is to use the nightly builds. These are created each day and incorporate whatever changes have been made through the time of creation.
In general you can simply unzip the files and overwrite your existing installation. The changelog will alert you to any other important considerations. To stay even more up to date and to be able to easily create and apply patches, you can access the Joomla! source code repository which is run on a Subversion (SVN) server. When we get confused about Subversion we use this great Subversion book that's available for free online. Here are some quick tips for checking out and working with the Joomla! repository. 1. You will need a SVN client, like:
2. To checkout from the SVN, username 'anonymous' should be used with a blank password. 3. The following repositories are available:
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