Hello,
I join this group to make this comment. I don't expect any replies, not that any one of you wouldn't make an effort to make one. I'm just not looking for any.
First of all, I'll say I'm not the greatest PHP coder. I can thrash around in PHP and ASP.Net to get what I need. Most of it is simple stuff for small web sites and a company's intranet. I do now have a desire to build a fairly complex site for my own interests and for those who share my interests. I quickly realized that the amount of code was just to great to get the functionality I need with the time I had to get it up and running. I first tried Joomla. I don't think you guys have a lot to worry about regarding competition from Joomla. I blew a hundred bucks on stuff for Joomla, and I didn't even get a buzz.
So, about ten or so days ago, I decide to go with Drupal. So, I go buy some new server space at Hot Drupal an install version 7.0, which was the recommended version. And, I'm coming home every night and trying to set this all up and learn how to do things. I'm thinking that this weekend, I'm going to be able to finally get something set up, and I get this message that I need to upgrade to 7.2. Ok, I can do that. Let me read the upgrade instructions. So, I have to dump all the files except for the "sites" dir. Nice. I have to dump all the modules I added. For myself, I just might as well wipe it all and start over. And since I've seen a few messages about 7.0 > 7.2 problems, starting over seems to be the wise thing to do.
I decide to write about my experience and come here to do so. And when I get here, I see Drupal 8 threads. Come on! Drupal 7 can't even grow hair yet. There are people out there who are not recommending that people upgrade from 6 to 7 yet. I debated whether or not to dump 7 and use 6. Is Drupal 7 going to have a short life? Is there a compelling reason for 8 already?
I appreciate the time and effort that goes into open/free projects like Drupal. And I appreciate that there are so many of you that are planning ahead. But, I really think some thought needs to go into the current situation regarding upgrading. I'm really not looking forward to having my site up for a few months and having to do an upgrade because of a security issue, and have to rebuild everything or take a chance that everything will work out ok.
Thanks