FluxBB 1.3 Beta3 - June 1st 2008

poise · 2008-05-22 15:03:52

Ive resited the Beta until now, Ill DL the next release

s0me0ne · 2008-05-22 15:43:43

I really don't see the need for them to check out every commit, they can but why? If FluxBB takes off development and popularity wise, then PunBB is dead. Sure they have the right to do so, but what good would the "new" PunBB be if its nothing but FluxBB with a different link at the bottom? I guess it remains to be seen if they ever plan on doing any coding.

I'm not trying to be negetive, I just don't see their point other than SEO reasons to rebrand FluxBB. I could rebrand phpBB as turdBB and put my links at the bottom but how many people would download it instead of the real deal?

Paul · 2008-05-22 18:28:14

You should remember that the 1.3 core was orginally being developed for PunBB and we rather took them by surprise with our move. In the circumstances I would have thought it logical for PunBB to use the FluxBB core as a stopgap with the projects diverging in the near future.

MattF · 2008-05-22 19:40:22

s0me0ne wrote:

I guess it remains to be seen if they ever plan on doing any coding.

If they don't, it'll stagnate. They are a company, so I would assume they will want to recoup their costs, so I think it's safe to assume they will be doing some developing. Btw, this *really* is off-topic.

Gotipe · 2008-05-22 19:48:24

Nice. As the final beta, a stable version should follow next, no?
And with that, I thank thee.

Felix · 2008-05-22 20:05:38

After a final Beta there will be a RC first, I guess.

SuperMAG · 2008-05-23 02:23:27

i know beta but what is the definition of RC, i see it in alot of forums software

Adam · 2008-05-23 02:26:02

SuperMAG wrote:

i know beta but what is the definition of RC, i see it in alot of forums software

Release Candidate.

Jérémie · 2008-05-28 00:19:55

Paul wrote:

We are pleased to announce that the next beta release, FluxBB 1.3 Beta3, will be released on June 1st 2008.

Still on track for the language file and markup lock for the end of the week?

Jérémie · 2008-05-28 00:23:15

SuperMAG wrote:

i know beta but what is the definition of RC, i see it in alot of forums software

A Release Candidate. It means that from the developer point of view, experience, feedback, everything is fine. No more bugs, no more glitches of any kind, no more “small hiccups”.

But because even an open beta doesn't involve a lot of people (less than a hundred for example), they know it's probably not ironclad yet. So they release this final product without calling it final. It allows a larger user base to install it, test it in real life scenarii and cases.

The bugs then discovered are corrected, and the process starts again until a RC has no more bad feedback coming up, at which point it becomes a final version.

feliphe · 2008-05-28 06:23:06

is going to be a guide on how to merge punBB to fluxBB?

SuperMAG · 2008-05-28 07:16:34

Jérémie wrote:

SuperMAG wrote:
i know beta but what is the definition of RC, i see it in alot of forums software
A Release Candidate. It means that from the developer point of view, experience, feedback, everything is fine. No more bugs, no more glitches of any kind, no more “small hiccups”.
But because even an open beta doesn't involve a lot of people (less than a hundred for example), they know it's probably not ironclad yet. So they release this final product without calling it final. It allows a larger user base to install it, test it in real life scenarii and cases.
The bugs then discovered are corrected, and the process starts again until a RC has no more bad feedback coming up, at which point it becomes a final version.

thanks your definition was excellent , wikipedia definition was a little hard to understand. then using a software in RC is not a big risk i think. small errors can be fixed with the Trac. but i will start using from beta 3 as i cannot wait any longer for my new forum to run.

Jérémie · 2008-05-28 07:22:28

Beware that some RC still have major bugs, even if the developers adhere to the strict definition of what is a RC (some don't).

For example, the default Postgre package of the Fedora distribution could have some sort of incompatibility with FluxBB's Postgre layer that result in data corruption (I'm not saying that's the case or even that's possible, it's just an example). Betas could have shown absolutely no bugs in that regard, but there could be some serious issue with a whole part of its user base in RC for that reason.

If a product isn't finale (and some says, even after a finale you'll have to wait to see how it goes), it's not fit for production.

SuperMAG · 2008-05-28 12:23:08

i know even final release may have bugs , but its 1.3 , it can be fixed very easily, not like 1.2 ...

by the way, 3 days left and 9 tickets are still active ,

MattF · 2008-05-28 12:52:07

SuperMAG wrote:

i know even final release may have bugs , but its 1.3 , it can be fixed very easily, not like 1.2 ...

Code is code and bugs are bugs. Version makes no difference whatsoever.

Meow · 2008-05-28 12:55:35

Style and markup haven't been changed at all...

SuperMAG · 2008-05-28 13:48:54

MattF wrote:

SuperMAG wrote:
i know even final release may have bugs , but its 1.3 , it can be fixed very easily, not like 1.2 ...
Code is code and bugs are bugs. Version makes no difference whatsoever.

i didnt mean that , i mean when you update 1.2 its a pain in the gut . 1.3 only needs replace files

x3dt · 2008-05-31 02:20:18

2 days !!!

SuperMAG · 2008-05-31 02:28:00

YEP

adama · 2008-05-31 04:07:03

Waiting for this time for a long time. OK, please patient.

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eternal243 · 2008-05-31 06:55:13

I've tried out the 1.3beta2 for a few days now and it worked much better than I expected considering it's still in beta, so I'm sure the beta3 will be worth all the waiting... I'm happy to be able to use fluxBB

achos · 2008-05-31 11:06:51

tomorrow !!

adama · 2008-05-31 11:36:55

5 tickets are active now.

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Meow · 2008-05-31 14:46:30

When will Beta 3 be released? June 1 23:59 (UTC-12)? Oops now New Zealand is on June 1.

foxmask · 2008-05-31 16:38:48

here GMT + 1 : it's remain 3h30...

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