
I call bullshit on this. Every current bridge between phpBB 3.0 and WordPress/Joomla (maybe Drupal too, but who cares about Drupal these days) is impossible to port to 3.1 without core edits. Why? Several reasons, but most importantly, there are conflicts between function names. Bridges must change some function names in phpBB in order to load phpBB and WordPress simultaneously. That's impossible with a plugin/extension.arod-1 wrote:o answer the question literally - 100% of mods' functionality *can* be implemented with extension.
That post was not made for a team member so please don't take it as the official word.DionDesigns wrote:I call bullshit on this. Every current bridge between phpBB 3.0 and WordPress/Joomla (maybe Drupal too, but who cares about Drupal these days) is impossible to port to 3.1 without core edits. Why? Several reasons, but most importantly, there are conflicts between function names. Bridges must change some function names in phpBB in order to load phpBB and WordPress simultaneously. That's impossible with a plugin/extension.arod-1 wrote:o answer the question literally - 100% of mods' functionality *can* be implemented with extension.
Every person currently using a bridge between phpBB and WordPress/Joomla will be forced to choose between a bridged site and phpBB 3.1. I suspect that in almost every case, phpBB 3.1 will not be what is chosen.
I made the decision to do phpBB 3.1 core edits in my BridgeDD PRO WordPress plugin because I wanted to provide a WP↔phpBB bridge to people who choose to migrate to 3.1. (IMO 3.1 isn't an upgrade to 3.0, at least in its current form, hence my use of the term "migrate".)
This issue isn't limited to bridges. Much of the code in phpBB 3.1 is still essentially the 3.0 code base, which was not written with plugins/extensions in mind. Until that code gets an overhaul and contains sufficient numbers of lightweight hooks (they are almost non-existent today), core edits will be required to port the functionality of many of the popular 3.0 MODs.
2 things:DionDesigns wrote:I call bullshit on this. Every current bridge between phpBB 3.0 and WordPress/Joomla (maybe Drupal too, but who cares about Drupal these days) is impossible to port to 3.1 without core edits. Why? Several reasons, but most importantly, there are conflicts between function names. Bridges must change some function names in phpBB in order to load phpBB and WordPress simultaneously. That's impossible with a plugin/extension.arod-1 wrote:o answer the question literally - 100% of mods' functionality *can* be implemented with extension.
We definitely do not forget. The fact is, you can happily keep using phpBB 3.0.x if you like. There will still be a 3.0.13 release at some point, and security fixes (if necessary) will be provided well past that.FranckTH wrote:Honestly, the announcement of the new version of phpBB made me very happy ... but at the moment given the lack of compatible mods, all the difficulties to perform the update, I think sincerely stay a year or two under phpbb 3.0.12 ...
For IT, it will be easy to update their respective forum ... but you probably forget the thousands or millions of forums created by users with no knowledge in php and computer.
Well when I went to make one, no. And part of what was due to symfony.BondGamer wrote:So can you create a login bridge extension or not?
Well what would you do if there was a problem with naming due to symfony or twig? Good luck in renaming the functions there.arod-1 wrote: 2) can you supply a list of function and classes with conflicting names between phpbb and any 3rd party library (drupal, jumla, wordpress, any other package you want to build a bridge for) ? such a list will be very helpful to the developers - it sounds like a very reasonable request/demand/bug report asking to rename those functions into phpbb-specific namespace.
peace.
http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... 76#p213276PayBas wrote:For someone who creates bridges (which I too use from time to time, so props for the work), and thus has a vested interest in getting all the hooks/events in place before release, I don't see much in the way of contributions... or even request for comments on this subject. Either from you or others.
Seems like a missed opportunity to make your own life easier.
First, thank you for fixing the JS bug in the countdown timer.MichaelC wrote:The code base has had many events added and we will continue to add them in the 3.1.x branch as they are required by extensions.
Way too easy, and not worth my time.arod-1 wrote:i will re-quote Jeffrey Case:
Not to be a smart ass but Dion's post above shows that issues were posted on area 51 yet none of the devs give a cent about it.Marshalrusty wrote:I guess the obvious question is: why didn't you file a bug report about that? Or start an RFC topic?
The point is that 3.1 is designed so this kind of stuff should work. So if it doesn't, then it should be totally possible to make a few changes to make it work.
Well, I think the more interesting question is how many admins would use it if one were available. I imagine the number is not insignificant.noth wrote:and how many Admins on here want to build a bridge extension anyway?2%? never even heard of it so I think I'll sleep soundly tonight