Ik lees zojuist dat de eerste RC van phpBB3 beschikbaar is, na enige jaren vertraging. Aangezien ik de site wereldfietser.nl met want mensen beheer is dit zeer goed nieuws. Daar maken we al jaren gebruik van versie 2 en deze is echt aan vervanging toe. Niet alleen vanwege de beperkte (relatief) functionaliteit, maar ook vanwege de spamgevoeligheid van het product. Hopelijk komen de volgende RC's op korte termijn en kunnen we daadwerkelijk migreren. Het forum is iets te populair om zomaar de RC te testen...

We are very pleased to announce the availability of the phpBB3 RC1 package. This is the first release candidate which is meant to become the Gold release if no more bugs or problems arise. Of course there may be more than one release candidate.

With this release we will give full support, allow uploading language packs as well as modifications and styles. Please note that during the first few weeks support questions may not be answered as fast as with the 2.0.x line. We also only give support to those having a clean RC1 installation, previous conversions or updates will not be supported. We encourage only those running the release candidate wanting to test out the new version, it is still recommended to wait for the full release; after all this is a release candidate.

To re-iterate the support guidelines, we won't support the following installation types:

• Updates from phpBB3 Beta versions to phpBB3 RC1 and higher
• Conversions from phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB3 Beta versions
• phpBB3 Beta installations

We give support for the following installation types:

• Updates from phpBB3 RC1 to any higher version (not relevant at the moment)
• Conversions from phpBB 2.0.x to phpBB3 RC1 and higher
• New installations of phpBB3 RC1 and higher

For all those not needing support and want to take the risks... the database update file is present, though we were not able to provide a full update path due to the style and database changes. If you are running on mysql 4.0.3 or less you should completely re-install, because the complete schema changed for these versions.

A short explanation of how to do a conversion is included within the provided INSTALL.html file, please be sure to read it.

Conversions from 2.0.x to phpBB3 RC1 may be problematic, depending on your setup and the amount of MODs you installed. If you want to be on the safe side we suggest still waiting for later releases before you fully convert your 2.0.x installation.