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Douglas had another test to complete during this episode of phpBB Weekly, and David apparently had a harder time hijacking team members for this episode, so he was joined this time by his brother, Francis Lewis (Handyman). With the retirement of phpBB2 still holding the #1 slot for phpBB discussions across the internet, David and Francis talk a bit more about the retirement news, albeit from somewhat more of a teams-based angle. During this episode, they talk a bit about how the EOL of phpBB2 will help the phpBB3 branch (as well as 3.2 Ascraeus development) in the long run. They also discuss some of the enticing phpBB3 features that users and MOD authors can see as they slowly transition over to phpBB3, including a look at how and why phpBB3 is more “stable” than phpBB2, some of the interesting aspects of phpBB3’s Database Abstraction Layer (DBAL) and an overall analysis of why phpBB3 doesn’t require as much MODding as phpBB2 did.
In other news, the MOD Database Cleanup is slated to be completed in full on Wednesday, April 30th Saturday, May 31st, and David and Francis talk a bit about will be taking place. They also provide an update on the latest news with Londonvasion and the Star Trek Guide MODs Manager, as well as a status update on the MOD Team’s upcoming Package Manager (codenamed Blinky).
The MOD of the Week is Full Syndication Suite for phpBB3 by Schumi, and the Style of the Week is Avalon for phpBB3 by CyberAlien.
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Tags: blinky, DBAL, end of life, episode, Francis Lewis, Handyman, MOD Database, MOD Database Cleanup, MODs, MODs Manager, phpBB2, phpBB3, Star Trek Guide, status, transition
April 27th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Umm, is that a typo for the mod database cleanup?
or did they not get the memo when doing this, I missed most of the show..
but the mod database cleanup is for may 31st not april 30th…
April 27th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
You are correct. Eric fixed himself here after this episode had been recorded: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=581983&p=5268185#p5268185
April 28th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Hi guys, I thought lets listen to phpBBWeekly again
I’m not really a phpBB2 user myself, though I have to say it would be impossible to get everyone to use phpBB3. Hopefully they will, because its probably the best.
I liked hearing Francis talking on the background, and then hearing him on the podcast
He was probably only 1 room away 