ARGH.

One of the problems with, say, Drupal (guilty look) is that the release cycles are kind of fast. And right now they're in the middle of one - a major move from 5 to 6. The only problem is that the vast majority of user-contributed modules (major ones, like CCK and Views) have only recently been ported, so many users haven't migrated. But with fewer migrations it means that there are fewer smaller modules being developed for 6. It also means a less mature code base, and more bug hunting. Which, in open-source terms, is great -- users who are willing to bug hunt help the entire community.

But for production sites, it's not so great. And I want to use 6, because it is very nice, a huge step up from 5. It has the Usability Testing Suite, which ROCKS, and it has a few other fairly substantial improvements in the behind areas. So I'm sitting on my hands waiting - literally hitting refresh every hour on some of the CVS queues. I've tried to pitch in on a few modules but there's only so much you can do if the maintainer is working on it at the same time.

In short: GRAH. I'm about *this far* from going back to 5 (mature, stable, but with fewer cooool features and cludgier UI) and worrying about upgrading later, when all the modules I like are available. But that is a big pain in the butt, and I want my users to get used to doing things the way of 6. Sigh.