Ferrox (software)

2010-04-18T21:15:27Z

86.14.193.182: Changed website status to offline.

[[Image:Ferrox.jpg|right|thumb|A screenshot of Ferrox in action.]]'''Ferrox''' is a free and open source software application for the servers of web-based art and other multimedia archives. It is being developed by [[Fur Affinity]] to replace their current software.

* '''Addresses''':
** '''Website''': <strike>http://trac.ferrox.furaffinity.net</strike> (offline)
** '''Forum''': http://forums.furaffinity.net/forumdisplay.php?f=62
** '''Git''': <strike>http://git.ferrox.furaffinity.net</strike> (offline)
** '''Twitter''': http://twitter.com/ferrox
** '''IRC''': irc://irc.furnet.org/furaffinity-dev
* '''Coders''': [[Net-cat]]
* '''License''': [[wikipedia:MIT License|MIT License]]
* '''Language''': [[wikipedia:Python (programming language)|Python]]

==History==
In June, 2006 the site announced an impending upgrade to the site called ''Project Ferrox'';<ref>[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=1470 FA Code Update: Project Ferrox] posted by Dragoneer on June 17, 2006</ref> Fur Affinity opting to eschew the version numbers (i.e. v1, v2 and v3) it had previously used.

Status announcements were regular during the following month, with Dragoneer announcing that a closed beta would begin soon<ref>[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=1641 Questions and Poll on the Ferrox Code] posted by Dragoneer on July 4, 2006</ref> and Alkora posting (now removed) screenshots of Ferrox to his Fur Affinity gallery.<ref>[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=1948 Project ferrox updates (screenshots)] posted by Alkora on July 23, 2006</ref>

The code reached an estimated 60% completion{{fact}} before being pushed back to an early Winter/Spring 2007 release in effort to follow new quality and coding standards. The effective release date was "when it's ready" as Ferrox was not going to be released until Fur Affinity staff felt it had undergone sufficient testing and bug hunting.{{fact}}

As months passed with no announcements, Ferrox was derided as vaporware.<ref>[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=5070#7 Ferrox - any time now?]</ref>

===Current development===
A request for coders was posted to the Furaffinity forums on September 2007.<ref>[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=11824 Call for Coders/Helpers for Ferrox Project] by Damaratus on September 11, 2007</ref> Although not officially stated, Ferrox's code would be starting from scratch. Dragoneer has stated that this would be the third incarnation of Ferrox.<ref>Dragoneer. [http://furry101.com/?p=131 The Dragoneer Interview], [[Furry 101]], March 13, 2009, accessed March 17, 2009.</ref>

The project was initially headed by [[Crypto]] with six other coders.<ref>Eevee. [http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/301549/ Ferrox: status update], February 10, 2008, retrieved March 17, 2009</ref> Due to other projects and scheduling conflicts, the development team was eventually reduced to [[Eevee (person)|Eevee]] and [[Net-cat]].<ref>Eevee. [http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/366120/ Ferrox: comments, management, openness, anthrocon, 0.0.1, us], Fur Affinity journal, April 28, 2008, accessed March 17, 2009.</ref>

Eevee intended to release Ferrox as open source at some point<ref>[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showpost.php?p=537547&postcount=5 Open source?] post by Net-cat on August 6, 2008</ref> and, in October 2008, Ferrox's code was made publicly available; however, few contributions have been made to project from outside the development team.

Due to disagreements with Fur Affinity's policies, Eevee resigned from the Ferrox project on March 17, 2009.<ref>Eevee. [http://lexyeevee.livejournal.com/300227.html On Ferrox], March 5, 2009, accessed March 17, 2009.</ref><ref>[[Ross the Box-Faced Fox|RossyFox]]. [http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?p=917490#post917490 Breaking News: Eevee Resigns from Ferrox Project], Fur Affinity Forums, March 17, 2009, accessed March 17, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://twitter.com/ferrox/status/1345729099 Eevee resigns], Ferrox Twitter, March 17, 2009, accessed March 17, 2009.</ref>

Since then, the development has effectively stalled. On August 26th, 2009, Net-cat announced that for the time being, the code will be frozen and no contributions will be accepted. <ref name="code-freeze">{{cite web|url=http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=49368|title=Code freeze on current Ferrox codebase. - Fur Affinity Forums|date=August 26th, 2009|accessdate=December 16th, 2009}}</ref>

After the [[History_of_Fur_Affinity#November/December_2009_outage|December 2009 Fur Affinity outage]], downloading of Ferrox code is currently broken{{fact}}. [http://gitorious.org/ferrox An unofficial mirror] is avaliable.

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