Answers.Body: <p>For background: The demo, training, test, and many local-dev systems for Drupal+CiviCRM and WordPress+CiviCRM are based on <a href="https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-buildkit" rel="nofollow">a common set of scripts</a>, and they all install clean copies of Civi from git (using branches or version-tags). The demo sites are automatically rebuilt every night using the scripts. This keeps the sites up-to-date.</p>
  
  <p>For Joomla: Installing a good, clean system for Joomla+CiviCRM from git is very difficult -- I and others have tried to automate it a few times and always given up. (Somewhere in my email history, there's a <em>note-to-self</em> about how hard this is. Alas, the language is too strong for publication.)</p>
  
  <p>IMHO, there are two ways one can proceed with automating Joomla installation:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Don't use git. Develop a different set of scripts based on zip files. (The <a href="http://dist.civicrm.org/by-date/latest/" rel="nofollow">nightlies</a> might be good for this.)</li>
  <li><a href="https://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,35050.0.html" rel="nofollow">Rewrite the installer</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>At any rate... Without an automated installer, the Joomla demo site grows out-of-date periodically.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Following up on <a href="https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/7348/cannot-select-profile-for-online-event-registration-after-upgrading-civi-on-joom">this question</a> I checked and confirm that the joomla demo site shows it is on 4.6.0 and has 'security releases' available</p>
  
Tags: <joomla><demo-site>
Title: Why is Joomla demo site showing it is using 4.6.0?
ThreadText: # Why is Joomla demo site showing it is using 4.6.0?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-28)
  
  Following up on [this question](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/7348/cannot-select-profile-for-online-event-registration-after-upgrading-civi-on-joom) I checked and confirm that the joomla demo site shows it is on 4.6.0 and has 'security releases' available
  
  **Tags:** joomla, demo-site
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-10-30. Score: 4
  
  For background: The demo, training, test, and many local-dev systems for Drupal+CiviCRM and WordPress+CiviCRM are based on [a common set of scripts](https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-buildkit), and they all install clean copies of Civi from git (using branches or version-tags). The demo sites are automatically rebuilt every night using the scripts. This keeps the sites up-to-date.
  
  For Joomla: Installing a good, clean system for Joomla+CiviCRM from git is very difficult -- I and others have tried to automate it a few times and always given up. (Somewhere in my email history, there's a *note-to-self* about how hard this is. Alas, the language is too strong for publication.)
  
  IMHO, there are two ways one can proceed with automating Joomla installation:
  
  * Don't use git. Develop a different set of scripts based on zip files. (The [nightlies](http://dist.civicrm.org/by-date/latest/) might be good for this.)
  * [Rewrite the installer](https://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,35050.0.html)
  
  At any rate... Without an automated installer, the Joomla demo site grows out-of-date periodically.
  
  
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