Martin1980 Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 I know most developers don't like to talk about upcoming release dates, however I'm scheduling the release of my forum and I am sure if I have to wait for 4.2 or just start with the 4.x version (member interaction will be a huge part of my community).
socceronly Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Just start, it's not like 4.x is the ugly duckling and 4.2 the swan.
SammyS Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 4.2 will have a LOT of changes and many apps/plugins will be broken surely. You dont want to spend the first times of your community fixing/uninstalling things and receiving complains from your members
Simon Woods Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, SammyS said: 4.2 will have a LOT of changes and many apps/plugins will be broken surely. You dont want to spend the first times of your community fixing/uninstalling things and receiving complains from your members At this point why even bother doing it? Since this is always going to be the case; increased security (by way of having the latest update) always compromises convenience. It comes down to this: finding the right balance of third-party items that are updated fairly quickly AND give your site the things you want them to do. If you are burdened by third-party items being out of date after updating the core software then you need to improve your strategy for updating, rely on fewer third-party items, or use a miraculous software provider that makes all of these things easy and perfect. Overall, I'd say get IPS now but make sure you are comfortable with waiting to get 4.2 until all of your third-party items are good to go. Otherwise, wait until 4.2 drops and your third-party items are all good to go.
SammyS Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 39 minutes ago, Simon Woods said: At this point why even bother doing it? Since this is always going to be the case; increased security (by way of having the latest update) always compromises convenience. It comes down to this: finding the right balance of third-party items that are updated fairly quickly AND give your site the things you want them to do. If you are burdened by third-party items being out of date after updating the core software then you need to improve your strategy for updating, rely on fewer third-party items, or use a miraculous software provider that makes all of these things easy and perfect. Overall, I'd say get IPS now but make sure you are comfortable with waiting to get 4.2 until all of your third-party items are good to go. Otherwise, wait until 4.2 drops and your third-party items are all good to go. Ill wait until 4.2.1 being released. This is a mayor release, which occurs only once or twice a year. If I open my forum I want to be busy posting, inviting, chatting, doing business, managing social media accounts, you know. In my case there are at least 200 potencial members waiting my forum to be open, so I want to offert the best and after open it dont bother about technical issues
chilihead Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 It's not as major as the 4.0 framework. Dive in, or wait, up to you.
SammyS Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 11 minutes ago, chilihead said: It's not as major as the 4.0 framework. Dive in, or wait, up to you. I know, Im ipb client since 2009, this one is going to be my third forum
Rikki Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 4.2 is some way off; we're still working on the 4.1 line right now. You could wait if you want to, but if you always wait for the next big release, you'll never get started
Martin1980 Posted June 12, 2016 Author Posted June 12, 2016 Just now, Rikki said: 4.2 is some way off; we're still working on the 4.1 line right now. You could wait if you want to, but if you always wait for the next big release, you'll never get started Yup, that's something to think about. However, the current member interaction of IPB 4.1 is not very friendly.. I have to make this decision.
Joel R Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 35 minutes ago, Martin1980 said: Yup, that's something to think about. However, the current member interaction of IPB 4.1 is not very friendly.. I have to make this decision. Can you be more specific on "current member interaction"? What else are you looking for
Martin1980 Posted June 12, 2016 Author Posted June 12, 2016 14 minutes ago, Joel R said: What else are you looking for Steps to complete a member profile. Social groups.
Simon Woods Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Martin1980 said: Steps to complete a member profile. Social groups. So you're looking for an on-boarding feature and more powerful social features built in by default?
SammyS Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 3 hours ago, Martin1980 said: Steps to complete a member profile. Social groups.
Martin1980 Posted July 19, 2016 Author Posted July 19, 2016 On 6/12/2016 at 9:40 PM, Rikki said: 4.2 is some way off; we're still working on the 4.1 line right now. You could wait if you want to, but if you always wait for the next big release, you'll never get started Fall / winter 2016?
m@t Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 58 minutes ago, Martin1980 said: Fall / winter 2016? Why you need 4.2. ? IPS does at the moment a good job with 4.1.x with a lot of improvements as well fixing and more - i think it does not matter if there is 4.1..... or 4.2..... Specially that there is no road map or similar and i think it is also not really needed - as long as the software is up to date - you can also say for example php7 support 4.2 but it makes no sense
Management Lindy Posted July 19, 2016 Management Posted July 19, 2016 I would guess closer to the holidays, perhaps shortly after. We have frozen our roadmap as of 4.1.14 to focus entirely on further stability, give our marketplace authors a much needed "break" from our intense release schedule and get an automated testing platform further off the ground and do some internal tidying. We'll then begin the next chapter in the fall.
RevengeFNF Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 @Lindy just to clarify, you are saying we will have 4.2 after the holidays and then the next chapter fall this year? This fast releases were very exciting, but i understand the need to calm down for a bit
Management Lindy Posted July 21, 2016 Management Posted July 21, 2016 On 7/20/2016 at 4:44 AM, RevengeFNF said: @Lindy just to clarify, you are saying we will have 4.2 after the holidays and then the next chapter fall this year? This fast releases were very exciting, but i understand the need to calm down for a bit That seems like the most likely scenario - but don't quote me.
TSP Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 On 19.7.2016 at 11:41 PM, Lindy said: We have frozen our roadmap as of 4.1.14 to focus entirely on further stability, give our marketplace authors a much needed "break" from our intense release schedule and get an automated testing platform further off the ground and do some internal tidying. We'll then begin the next chapter in the fall. Just to clarify; you'll still do 4.1.15, maybe 4.1.16 etc. to further fix bugs present in the bug tracker after 4.1.14? But the difference being that you'll not implement any new features and the release will come less frequently (maybe once a month?) and only focus on stability?
Simon Woods Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 8 hours ago, TSP said: Just to clarify; you'll still do 4.1.15, maybe 4.1.16 etc. to further fix bugs present in the bug tracker after 4.1.14? But the difference being that you'll not implement any new features and the release will come less frequently (maybe once a month?) and only focus on stability? This is how I read it. Also to include security updates.
Hexsplosions Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 On 21/07/2016 at 10:49 PM, Lindy said: but don't quote me. Too late.
Morgin Posted July 29, 2016 Posted July 29, 2016 which holidays? summer holidays? labour day weekend?
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