The shizznit
Yes these titles are completely random.
So I’m going to post the current plan or “roadmap” for RazorIRC here first instead of over at the wiki.
So on with it!
I’m going to release a public alpha / beta sometime this summer, along with the public alpha / beta of RazorIRC I’ll be launching the addons database along with both the online and offline tools to help addon developers get their bearings. Since where going to be using an already existing language for the addons I’m pretty sure there will be no compatibility issues between RazorIRC versions, the issues may come from our XML GUI language that I plan on implementing for the addons to make like easier, it’ll loosely be based around Microsoft’s XAML language.
UpdateManager will be disabled by default and will require a special key to activate it, this is so we don’t stress the server where the updates will be served from for the beta, also since UpdateManager is disabled by default in the beta, the addon update feature will also be disabled (there served from the same server.), this is all because the beta version of UpdateManager will not use the main download server for RazorIRC.
EdgeServer and Edge, the draft for Edge will be completed by Dec 31, 2009. EdgeServer’s primary development will then be started and a plan for a summer 2010 beta, along with the Protocol being integrated into RazorIRC.
The mobile and non-Windows versions of RazorIRC wont be ready till sometime in 2010 or 2011, this is due to the fact that RazorIRC is starting out as a C# application and not in a portable language, the plan is to start moving RazorIRC to either C/C++ or D by years end, all scripts should remain compatible after the switch, except those that access .Net functions.
All-in-all everything should come together on time, as long as no major hiccups accrue lol… Crap I’ve jinxed myself now…