CT2.3 support has brought many changes to source code! New client/protocol support, new features but also some old bug fixes both in DP and Core. However, out of code, there have been some other changes that community might not have noticed so easily. We have performed several changes (not hugh ones though) in team structure and basic organization.

In the past, we had these groups: 

• Inner Circle
• Core and DP developers
• Core and DP initiates

but now it goes like this:

• Inner Circle
• Senior Developers
• Junior Core Developers – Junior DP Developers
• L2J initiates

Firstly, we have merged Core initiates and DP initiates to just one group, with the only pourpose to provide a richer environment for our new team members which, in the future, will become new developers with better collaborative skills.

After this (usully short) initiation period, initiates who are ready for the battle, will be promoted to either core or datapack junior developers depending on their skills or personal willing. They will be granted developer rights to public svn so they can start their career with certain autonomy.

Those team members who had spent a  succesfully period as junior developers, highly commited with project,  with excellent team skills, … will have a chance to join Senior Developers group. Despite senior developers represent the most trustable group for active coding, some members of this group are also expected to engage some executive task related to team, such initiates/jr. developers leadership or global leadership for DP or Core projects.

Why have we done this? Main target could be improve old user->initiate->dev process, taking more care of upbringing and formation process(es) so that(those) can be done more efficiently. However, we are trying to increase/improve our coding and project global leadership(s, both for core and DP) so, again, maximize performance of coding getting more organized. In other words, rather than an independent developing process for each developer, a bunch of independent coordinated tasks engaged by each developer.

Finally, Team and me are glad to announce four new skilly Junior Developers, all of them already well-known within community:

Core: _DS_, shansoft and janiii

Datapack: Sandro

I hope you wellcome them as they are worth to and wish best of lucks!

This is all for now, on next days you will probably find new blog post or forum threads with further information abut this and some new topics.

 Best regards!

PD: We hope forum/svn problems will be fixed soon, our apologies for that nasty issue.

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