Can I ( or has anyone tried) to install the blog beta release with 2.2 rc2 unencoded ?
IF it works will existing Blogs remain intact?

I KNOW this is MAD - but I'll answer my own query:

The Zend encoded installer executed successfully ( mind you the :the End User License Agreement was BLANK)
and all the "knobs" got installed successfully ; so thats a Hoorah !!! for the installer ;)

Similar to other Posts on the IPB board; it ( the blog button in the header ) reports an "expired" error:

Fatal error: This file has expired. in /home/domain/public_html/forums/modules/mod_blog.php on line 0

It works, but the encoded versions of the blogs expired today so it won't work until another release shows up.

Well, then, hopefully they release the blog RC early this week.
Myr

Thanks for the reply Guys ;)

It works, but the encoded versions of the blogs expired today so it won't work until another release shows up.

Oh, that's what i figured happened, i got the same similiar error on my blog.