# The Road to Discourse 1.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Blog\ **Created:** [2014年一月9日 00:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835 "2014-01-09T00:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月9日 00:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/1 "2014-01-09T00:08:44Z")
Discourse launched at version 0.8.0.0 which was my off the cuff estimate of how “done” we were with our first public release on February 5th, 2013 — about eighty percent done, I thought, once you factor in the ninety-ninety rule: The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the… * * * This topic is for comments on the original blog entry at: [The Road to Discourse 1.0](http://blog.discourse.org/2014/01/the-road-to-discourse-1-0-2/) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月9日 00:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/2 "2014-01-09T00:25:50Z")
I forgot to mention that, in the natural process of developing Discourse, we have also contributed significant fixes and improvements back to several upstream projects we rely on: - Rails - Ruby - Markdown.js - Ember.js Which benefits not just us, but everyone who uses any of those projects. Isn’t open source great? ---
**Author:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月9日 03:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/3 "2014-01-09T03:08:05Z")
"In addition to hitting version 1.0 in the next few months, we have lots more great stuff in the pipeline for 2014, including news on our hosting story. " Is there a day, week, month or quarter that you’re targeting for making your hosting available? ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lee_ars/32/1597_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月10日 04:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/4 "2014-01-10T04:56:34Z")
You guys have also been excellent at listening to feedback, and I appreciate that. Makes those of us who can’t contribute code feel like we were able to help out in our own ways 😃 ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月10日 22:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/5 "2014-01-10T22:54:39Z")
We should hopefully have more specific news by early Feb. ---
**Author:** ![iontishina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iontishina/32/36707_2.png) [@iontishina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iontishina)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月16日 09:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/6 "2014-01-16T09:49:16Z")
Looks really great! Can’t wait 1.0, cuz your project is so amazing! But installing of it is real pain-in-the-ass for people who used IPB or XEN or VB or etc. forums. Hope there will be some more friendly installer, it will generate tons of new discourse installs! ---
**Author:** ![clb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@clb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clb)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月17日 22:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/7 "2014-01-17T22:57:40Z")
Hi. I’m searching for forum software but can’t find any with good group functions (I want groups based on universities). Do you plan to include the ability to … 1. Invite a list of people via email to join? (not automatically join them with a file upload) 2. Invite people to join directly into a group? (via a group code or password) 3. Filter discussion posts by group (so people can see all posts, or just posts by members of a specific group) I like your idea of a new look for forums. I want to work with university students, so a post year 2000 look would be great! ---
**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Post date:** [2014年一月17日 23:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/8 "2014-01-17T23:00:18Z")
> [@clb](#): > > Invite people via email to join? This is already available in multiple places - on each topic (for TL \>= …2?) and on your userpage (for TL \>= ..1?). ---
**Author:** ![Zach\_Edwards](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zach_edwards/32/108000_2.png) [@Zach\_Edwards](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zach_Edwards)\ **Post date:** [2014年二月5日 16:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/9 "2014-02-05T16:24:14Z")
I’m waiting with baited breath for your hosting plans. The feature to have completely private, invite only forums (that don’t suck) is going to be a gamechanger. Keep up the good work! ---
**Author:** ![hayd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hayd/32/107109_2.png) [@hayd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hayd)\ **Post date:** [2014年二月7日 07:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/10 "2014-02-07T07:30:20Z")
Happy anniversary (yesterday)! ---
**Author:** ![peterhartmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peterhartmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peterhartmann)\ **Post date:** [2014年二月9日 16:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/11 "2014-02-09T16:06:54Z")
Excited at the news about 1.0 coming along. Question: will this “full” version number also mean an API compatibility freeze? As in, new features obviously will be added, but stamping the 1.0 API as “stable” with guarantee that what’s here will be compatible until 2.0? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2014年二月9日 18:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/12 "2014-02-09T18:22:31Z")
Hard to say, but we will get more strict about what versioning means and breaking older stuff after 1.0. ---
**Author:** ![Superuser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/superuser/32/122141_2.png) [@Superuser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Superuser)\ **Post date:** [2014年二月24日 11:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/13 "2014-02-24T11:45:10Z")
Apologies for the necro, but: I think all software should follow the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) model (share it with the whole team!). ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lee_ars/32/1597_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [2014年六月14日 21:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/15 "2014-06-14T21:00:45Z")
![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/5/b5a9d67da63766c641568a3f6e8e83d6a534e552.png) So, @codinghorror, I can’t help but notice that we are almost out of numbers and stuff! ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2014年六月14日 21:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/16 "2014-06-14T21:11:10Z")
Yep we are pretty close! We think by the middle of next month. Need to stabilize. ---
**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Post date:** [2014年六月15日 07:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/17 "2014-06-15T07:30:58Z")
![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/a/5a08ce84dca148ab6c2d1e370cf15b6dba326bdc.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lee_ars/32/1597_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [2014年六月21日 01:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/18 "2014-06-21T01:16:30Z")
![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/c/3c143bb2d69c5c8d4da73074bd670caa29d01a43.png) ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/4/44d4abb291ea34b953e1a336b01701f3afe6f739.gif) ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2016年四月18日 20:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-discourse-1-0/11835/19 "2016-04-18T20:57:58Z")