2.0 - seriously, whats taking so long?

[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
[quote author="richthegeek" date="1246198974"]I've been using CI for nearly 18 months now, and during that whole time the mythical CI/EE 2.0 has been "just around the corner"[/quote]

Free software is typically released when it's ready. This has both good and bad consequences.

I'm cautious about using CI for new projects because 2.0 (surely) won't be backwards compatible ...

Why are you sure about this? And what incompatibilities are you envisaging?

A more interesting question is why would it matter anyway? Do you mean from a learning curve POV, or from a retrofit extant apps POV? If the former, I suspect it'll be more a fairly evolutionary, and consequently quite easy, migration. For the latter, I'm unsure why the need to upgrade extant sites is seen as paramount by so many people (absent any security issues that need to be addressed - but where we are now that doesn't seem to be a factor).

...and will no doubt have features I would like to take advantage of..

The same can be said of any software that does not yet exist, but unless you are especially lazy (say, like me) it's not a particularly compelling reason to cease writing code -- there will always be new versions of software on the way (happily because the people that write that software aren't as lazy as me).

Seriously guys, its starting to look like Duke Nukem Forever here!

Hehe.