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Open Source Evangelist
  • 2020 Call for Papers: that was great!

    A quick tour of the result

    This year, for the first time, a Call for Papers was organised for a PrestaShop event. The objective was to give a voice to the community and learn from its active members. Let’s make a quick tour of the results.

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  • Improvements to come on contributors board

    More features, more modern, and more information about contributors

    After all those years without any modification nor improvement, it is time to think about the future of the “Top contribution achievements” board. While discussing with many people from the community on how to open the governance of the open source project, and how to involve more contributors, new needs have been identified. This article is about quick wins, upcoming developments, and about the general spirit behind this work.

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  • PrestaShop Day Paris 2020: Call for Papers is open

    It's time to submit a talk to speak in front of the community

    Last year, a developer space was available at the PrestaShop Day Paris. This year, this space grows and will include an area for conferences and workshops dedicated to active contributors to the open source project.

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  • 1.6.1.x: what’s next

    The end of 1.6 official support by the PrestaShop company. And the beginning of something new.

    This last year, the PS company has been facing a dilemma: how to dedicate 100% of the developers’ time to move forward faster on the 1.7 version of the open source project, something everybody agrees on. And, at the same time, provide more time for merchants still using the 1.6 version to get ready to upgrade, by keeping them safe in case of critical issue after the official support ends on the 30th of June 2019. We have come up with a solution, thanks to the initiative and support of a few volunteers from the PrestaShop developer community: allowing them to take over the responsibility of maintaining PrestaShop 1.6.1.x beyond the end of official support.

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