[Updates] Joomla! 1.6.6 Release

Joomla! today released a new version of Joomla! 1.6 today, version 1.6.6. The release notes are at:

http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5383-joomla-166-released.html

This is a security update intended for users of Joomla! 1.6 that are otherwise unable to upgrade to Joomla! 1.7.0. All users are encouraged to upgrade to Joomla! 1.7.0 and avoid this 1.6.6 update if at all possible.

Apparently my understanding of the situation was wrong. I was under the impression that there would be no further upgrades to Joomla! 1.6 as everything had been moved to 1.7.0. However, this does not appear to be the case, although Joomla! 1.6 now has an end-of-life date of August 19th, 2011, so all users will need to be using Joomla! 1.7.0 before then.

In my opinion, this is one thing that hampers Joomla!, there are too many different versions of the software and a lot of components and extensions that don’t stay up-to-date. I believe Joomla! would be better served if they stuck to just one version, and force or strongly encourage that all users keep their scripts up-to-date with that version. It is difficult to know if your Joomla! script is safe and free of any security vulnerabilities when there are several different releases.

At any rate, we wanted our clients to be aware of this, and encourage them to upgrade to Joomla! 1.7.0 before August 19th, 2011.

Steven