Starting off with CVS or standard version?
Situation. I'm a writer and I want to move my personal site to Drupal. I have been playing around with a standard 4.4 sandbox installation for some time. I can now setup a site and create content. My biggest challenge was/is setting up the navigation/menus. In CVS this is now standard in the core, but in 4.4 they are add-on modules (BTW: this really puzzled me: why do you need to install extra modules to get something so basic as navigation). So I'm tempted to start off with the CVS version instead of the standard 4.4 version.
Problem. What are my risks if I would start off with the CVS version, taking into account my sub-programmer technical know-how? I would for example describe my PC skills as being a Windows power user; in web site matters I can for example do basic html and CSS layout changes if I see examples; I was able to install extra modules for 4.4, but I have zero PHP and MySQL knowledge although I could execute the SQL scripts necessary for some modules using phpMyAdmin. I have been reading on drupal.org for hours, but I can't form a clear idea as to what the risks are when someone like me starts using CVS. Many thanks to anyone willing to help me make this probably crucial decision before starting off.
CVS is not guaranteed stable
The CVS is not guaranteed to be stable, and many modules in contrib might not work with it. There could still be bugs.
Upgrading a module to CVS is that much work (usually not much functionality changes), but if you don't know PHP it's not really an opion.
I'd stick to 4.4 if I were you. CVS will go into code freeze around mid-august, from then on, no features will be changed, only bugfixes. When the code is frozen, the last of the contrib modules will start to get updated. From then on, people are advised to try the cvs version to help iron out bugs.
Modules not working with CVS
Thanks.
> The CVS is not guaranteed to be stable, and many modules in contrib might not work with it.
There are plenty of modules listed on the CVS download page; I presumed they would work with CVS: am I wrong?
Or is it the 4.4 modules that might not work with CVS, quite understandably giving possible changes to eg database structure?