A question for all of Bolt's contributors

[markkasaboski]

Hello everyone,

I came across Bolt recently as I was looking for a Symfony based CMS for a project that I'm starting. It was obvious at first that momentum had stopped on this repo, but at the time I wasn't sure why. I started playing with Bolt anyway. It was until yesterday that I learned of Bob's passing.

So my question to everyone is: Is anyone interesting in keeping Bolt going? Has anyone here forked and kept it moving? I did a quick search, but didn't find anything. I'd be interesting in helping it to move forward. Is anyone else interested? I'm sure Bob would want it to carry on.

Thanks.

[saling-star]

I think we all, people using Bolt, are waiting for keeping it alive !
It becomes urgent to adapt Bolt to Symfony last release since mainenance of version 5.4 will end shortly.
For Bolt 5.2 :
Package sensio/framework-extra-bundle is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use Symfony instead.
Package symfony/web-server-bundle is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.
Package tightenco/collect is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use illuminate/collections instead.

Does anyone know how to update the deprecated packages ? Wil it be enought for Symfony 7 ?

[cervelas]

Hello Everyone !

As everyone here, i love Bolt for it's simplicity and it's power. I use it on a few website, it is very reliable. (i've 2 installs still on bolt 3.7!)
I think this project deserve at least a 5.2 maintenance release.

The big issue is that the PR's tests requirements are not pass anymore due thoses deprecations.

I'm willing to help, i'm not a symfony expert, but i can create a PR to update the Core regarding all thoses composer warnings:

Package sensio/framework-extra-bundle is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use Symfony instead.
Package symfony/web-server-bundle is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.
Package tightenco/collect is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use illuminate/collections instead.
Package webmozart/path-util is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use symfony/filesystem instead.

This will obviously require refactoring of the code using thoses libs.

The next steps would be to updates the others projects as needed (e.g. bolt/article, bolt/assets, etc...), then update to Symfony 7, then make a 5.2 release.

Who is willing to help with that ? i'm throwing a bottle, maybe @bobvandevijver @nestordedios @Sander-Hub ?

Bonus question, who can update the PR settings ? can anyone have admin access to this project on github ?

Cheers,
C

[bobvandevijver]

While I would love helping with this project (I currently have 4 projects running on it, 5.2.0-rc.1), I'm afraid I currently do not have the time to commit to that 😞

[avdavidw]

I've loved Bolt and have used it a lot. I've played with a few new installs and tried to update some of the outdated components and it just seemed to open a can of worms into more and more that needed updates and code changes.

My assessment, at least for me, would be that time would be better spent creating something new than trying to fix Bolt. If there were a few people willing to split it up, I'd be willing to take a piece, though.

[celtic34fr]

Hello everyone

I would like to submit an idea to the community.
Bolt CMS seems to be waiting, stay there. The latest version published is V 5.2.0-rc.1 (22/12/2023) / 5.1.24 (19/02/2023) and many issues remain (203).

I appreciate Bolt CMS for its modularity and the fact that even inexperienced programmers on Symfony can quickly modify it by bringing their need.

Bob den Otter is dead, which hurts me because his work for Bolt CMS is fabulous. It would be even sadder if it does not progress anymore and falls into oblivion like many projects on GitHub.

In order not to let Bolt CMS become a new dead project, I propose to constitute with the current contributors and those who want to become one, a plan in 3 phases :
_ first, stabilize and produce version 5.2 taking into account only the problems that have been opened to date,

• migrate Bolt CMS from Symfony 5.* to 6.* because Symfony version 5.4 is coming to the end of its life,
• migrate Bolt CMS to Symfony 7.*, this less in the emergency (version 6.4 is maintained until 30 Nov 2027)

This plan will make live the work of Bob. it will also be necessary in parallel to make a reorganization of the site listing and allowing to obtain extensions and themes: it is necessary to distinguish according to the version of Bolt CMS compatible with the extension or theme, and to simplify the proposal of extension, of theme, via a form.

I await your opinion on this idea of continuation of Bolt CMS.

Gilbert ARMENGAUD
[email protected]
Beziers - Herault - France

[bobvandevijver]

Actually, Symfony 5.4 will be supported (looking at security fixes only) a lot longer than 6.4 (February 2029 versus November 2027). So keeping this project of 5.4 for now is not the biggest issue, and I would skip 6.4 completely. 7.4 will be released in November this year, and is supported till November 2029 (so longer than 5.4).

I've been using Bolt 5.2.0-rc.1 for quite some time without any issue, so 5.2.0 can be tagged directly imo.