Lost In Cyberspace

 The big release of WordPress 2.1 has arrived, nicknamed "Ella", and I think I have successfully survived, though to be honest I am never entirely certain if I have done the job quite right.

And this time I did it without any help from Mark Jaquith!

Understandably he decided to leave a major upgrade like this to WordPress.org, as he said on his blog:

No upgrade files for 2.0.x to 2.1.x Just a quick note to tell you that I will not be providing upgrade files for the 2.0.7 to 2.1 upgrade. Too much has changed . . . it'd be a waste of time. Just download the official zip file. I will, however, continue to provide these upgrade files for future 2.0.x releases, for those who are saying on that branch.

Hopefully he will be able to supply a similar service for the future smaller upgrades of 2.1, his service has definitely been a hit with a lot of WP users.

On the main site they also warned that a lot of the plugins may not work with the new install, so I expect a lot of developers will be busy this week upgrading their work to make it compliant with "Ella".

There is a list of working plugins being compiled over on WP.org, it may well be a good idea to keep an eye on this link.