phpBB at a stand still?

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  1. Mr.Hazey

    Mr.Hazey Regular Member

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    This is taken for phpbb.com, is it cause for concern?

    It might interest you to know that phpBB 3.0.7 -> 3.0.8 was historically the longest it took for a minatenance release, taking a gargantuan 8 months, 23 days. This excludes the release of 2.0.23 (1 year, 1 month, 25 days) which didn't really count since 3.x had been in development and had its gold release several months before.

    It is now 6 months, 22 days since 3.0.8 was released. This is where the project stands in terms of 3.0.9-RC1. I'm sure we can all draw our own conclusions from that.
     
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  2. bejay

    bejay Regular Member

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    I reckon it is. A month or two back I remember reading that it was though RC1 of 3.0.9 was expected but that never turned out. Since it's only a maintence release I wouldn't have thought it would have taken this long at all.
     
  3. SpacewardAsh

    SpacewardAsh Lurking From Space

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    One things for sure, they are way behind in original target dates for 3.1.x and I think development/bug solving has some what decreased since Acyd Burn stepped down as the Development Team Leader in January 2010.
     
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    el canadiano Regular Member

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    How long have they been working on 3.1? Five years seems like a long time, unless they weren't working on it.
     
  5. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Wow, didn't notice it was that slow at development. Haven't been keeping up with phpBB. Looks as if its in a similar situation to SMF, but still not as bad though. MyBB has been the only one being on time with updates.
     
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    Se7eN Regular Member

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    What's up with them? If they're working this slow, they better be working on something big or like millions of small things.
     
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  7. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    I doubt they are...
     
  8. John15

    John15 Regular Member

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    Like Kaiser said I doubt it too. Its pretty disappointing as phpBB has alot of potential and its a great forum software.
     
  9. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    Yea it is, they should start hiring developers like MyBB. That may help, it has helped MyBB.
     
  10. Joe.

    Joe. Regular Member

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    When I was a phpbb fan boy (from 2007 - 2009), the updates were coming so often, It was overwhelming and aggravating. Aggravating because almost every "upgrade" would make my forum crash or make certain things not work anymore & I'd have to spend hours fixing it.
     
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  11. Kaiser

    Kaiser Regular Member

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    I remember those old days lol. Had the same problem.
     

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