November 24, 2009
A month ago I showed off my EE2 compatibility roadmap. It stated that Matrix will be ready to go on December 1st.
And now, in true EllisLab fashion, I’m here to tell you that it’s not gonna happen.
The roadmap was based on the assumption that I would have access to EE2’s new field API in early November, and would have ample time to port the fieldtype over. But we are now a week away from EE2’s release, and I still haven't seen that API. (I forgot what happens when you assume…)
In other words, I haven’t even started yet.
I’ve received confirmation that the API will be present in 2.0, but it’ll be private. So I’ll start playing around with it at that point, and have a chance to provide some feedback before it goes public.
Beyond missing the Matrix release date, I’m not yet sure how much this will impact my roadmap. But with the holidays approaching, I’m not going to try to get anything out this year.