When will jBlog release?

"Correct me if I'm a bit wrong here, but I thought I had read on one of your blogs that you had an almost beta candidate of jblog??? Did I read that correctly? Because if so that would be nice. I saw the project on the joomla project section but I haven't found any files or SVN links to match."

jBlog is quite alive and kicking. No SVN's are currently published or available for a couple of reasons.

1. Both joomla 1.5 and the upcoming release of wordpress 2.3 are still very much beta and, in the case of joomla, not quite ready for prime time players (tho close).
2. There's quite a bit of refactoring to be done with jBlog *(since my first proof of concept model) back in Feb when WP was still roasting along with 2.1.
3. Both mojoBlog and jBlog are learning lessons for me. I don't want to release projects into the wild that go horribly wrong after a gazillion folks downloaded and installed early beta software on their -live- sites and then I have to scramble to write point releases and fixes.

mojoBlog's a priority now as I've got a good mix of folks using it in a variety of environments who generate significant feedback to myself (and other users) that help -me- improve the code and reliability of the software. This makes it much easier to migrate stable features and functions into the eventual release of jBlog.

Personally, I plan to support and improve upon mojoBlog for as long as folks enjoy using it. I'm quite comfortable with the current (legacy) joomla and, as a contributor to it's semantic brethren a8ejoomla, don't see the rush towards the joomla 1.5 hype.

There, I've said it... I'm an old, cranky developer.. leave me alone.