Future of CodeIgniter?

[eluser]nfx-nano[/eluser]
Ok so if I get this right, EE2 is being rebuilt on top of the current CI framework, and things are being changed and added to the framework as EE2 progresses. Does that mean that they have started EE2 from scratch, using just a couple of libs from EE1? I'm just trying to understand how it's being developed.

I am wondering about how much code refactoring is being done, and the influence it will have on the workflow of it's users. If I have a project going on, it would be important for me to know how much will change in order to make the right decisions. I'm just trying to analyze the risks involved.

Right now the community doesn't know what to expect, and that's maybe because the EE developers have perhaps not set any expectations for it, or are aware of the fact that these expectations may change at an invariable rate, as is the world of web development, though it is always good to know the global direction of where things are headed. It's not necessary to know each and every specific detail of every adjustment, just the big picture, you know? There's just a lot of guesswork going on right now. And I know the developers might say, well if we tell you about feature x and adjustment y, and things do not go the way they were supposed to go, then you might get upset. Well, maybe it's better to upset 5 people, rather than leaving 500 people in the dark, not knowing what they can expect.

Example, we can assume that CI is a tool we can all use, so let's compare it with a flamethrower, since that is a tool also (ok, a weapon, you get the point). If I'm using a flamethrower to destroy a couple of buildings, how will I know that flamethrower 2.0 will not spit water instead of fire? That would be garbage. And how about if flamethrower 1.0 is designed for your right hand, and flamethrower 2.0 is being designed for your left hand, then it would be good to know this so I can train my left hand upfront. Perhaps 2.0 spits fire 10 meter while 1.0 spits fire 5 meter, so then suddenly 2.0 would have doubled it's scope. The same thing may be for CodeIgniter. Who knows?