Yes, I was going to publish that today.
The current version branches of our software (Akeeba Backup 4.1.x, Admin Tools 3.3.x etc) will continue to support Joomla! 2.5. The next version branch (Akeeba Backup 4.2.x, Admin Tools 3.4.x etc) will only support Joomla! 3. If we're releasing a new version branch of our software less than a month after the Joomla! 2.5 EOL, i.e. before January 10th, 2015, we will support Joomla! 2.5 in this branch of our software. Finally, we have a support cut-off provision: no support for Joomla! 2.5 after March 1st, 2015.
Practically this means that our support for Joomla! 2.5 will be gradually phased out between January 10th and March 1st, 2015. After the Joomla! 2.5 support cut-off for each software we will no longer treat Joomla! 2.5-only issues as bugs and we'll be providing very limited support to our Joomla! 2.5 users, just like we were doing with our Joomla! 1.5 users when Joomla! 1.5 went end of life.
According to our experience this gradual phase out over 80 days is enough for the bulk of actively maintained sites to be migrated. Considering that –unlike the past– the migration from Joomla! 2.5 to 3 is basically an one click update and an update of the installed extensions (including templates) we expect that even more sites will be migrated to Joomla! 3 within this period.
For the sites which cannot be migrated (non-paying customers, old PHP versions outside your control) you will be able to use old version of our software which are compatible with your Joomla! and PHP versions according to
our Compatibility page. Please note that some of these versions might not be supported. Please consult the Compatibility page for more information.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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