Is vBulletin 3.8.5 going to be released this month?

[smiggy]

Hi,

I hope the staff don't mind me bumping this thread again.

We're nearing the end of October so any confirmation whether 3.8.5 is going to be delayed or be released on time?

[Wayne Luke]

If you haven't upgraded and you have got an earlier version I suggest that you upgrade now because you mightn't be able to upgrade from an earlier version of vB once it changes to vB version 4.

This is incorrect. There is always an upgrade path available.

[nexialys]

If you haven't upgraded and you have got an earlier version I suggest that you upgrade now because you mightn't be able to upgrade from an earlier version of vB once it changes to vB version 4.

you can't stop starting gossips, hey shwab... i would suggest you simply stop commenting anything regarding versions.

[aussiefooty]

Ok, seriously.

All this about 3.x being dead is beyond ridiculous. The maintenance release schedule allows Andy, or whoever is fixing bugs, to take a day or two before the scheduled release to go through the Bug Tracker, fix the bugs, and test the bug fixes before release. They know when the release is going to happen, so they can schedule bug fixing around that.

Just because he's not looking at reports daily just means Priority is taking place for vB4, and they'll be looked at before release time.

Let go of the Conspiracy Theories for once and start thinking logically, why would they just stop maintaining the current branch for something that doesn't even exist as a usable product?

We are up to 3.8.4 at the moment. I can see why they are dropping support for the earlier versions of vB.com.

Pity you can't Ryan.
If you haven't upgraded and you have got an earlier version I suggest that you upgrade now because you mightn't be able to upgrade from an earlier version of vB once it changes to vB version 4.

[cellarius]

Looking at the bugtracker there is hardly a bug that is even near critical. 3.8.4 is very stable, and pushing back a maintenance release that will squash some minor bugs a few weeks will not kill it or anyone for that matter. In the past there were no scheduled maintenance releases, and the gaps in between were wider, if anything.
And yes: of course 3.8.4 will be dead after 4 is released. There will no new features implemented. But Jelsoft will follow it's well known product lifetime cycle.

[nexialys]

ah, come on Ryan, why do you want to break my conspiracy statement... i have so much fun with it.

btw, you are fully right. Andy or whoeverelse can still be working on the bugs without reporting them as fixed yet, as they usually are cascading processes, so they need a large group of fixes to make sure everything is ok.

most ofthe bugs reported are small, easily fixed.. .the biggest ones are already on schedule i'm sure.

and yes, the 3.x generation is dead, does not mean the support is...

[Ryan Ashbrook]

Ok, seriously.

All this about 3.x being dead is beyond ridiculous. The maintenance release schedule allows Andy, or whoever is fixing bugs, to take a day or two before the scheduled release to go through the Bug Tracker, fix the bugs, and test the bug fixes before release. They know when the release is going to happen, so they can schedule bug fixing around that.

Just because he's not looking at reports daily just means Priority is taking place for vB4, and they'll be looked at before release time.

Let go of the Conspiracy Theories for once and start thinking logically, why would they just stop maintaining the current branch for something that doesn't even exist as a usable product?

[smiggy]

I thought Andy was woking on 3.8 bugs, unless thats changed now.

Who knows?

I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens come end of October.

[Paul M]

I thought Andy was woking on 3.8 bugs, unless thats changed now.

[Fusion]

Yeah, also considering not many people will be looking to upgrade to vBulletin 4.0 until the complete re-write version is released which won't be for a long while yet.

See post #2. If you are still confused, re-read the post until confusion evaporates.

[smiggy]

I know and I find that really unacceptable. If the supported, stable release cannot be maintained I think that's a problem. This regular release program has no merit if bugs aren't going to be fixed consistently.

Yeah, also considering not many people will be looking to upgrade to vBulletin 4.0 until the complete re-write version is released which won't be for a long while yet.

[fufu]

They probably are doing this, so we are forced to upgrade and get vB4. Otherwise, if vB3.8 was fixed up.. not many people would be motivated or forced to move.

ARGH, another conspiracy...

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[nexialys]

ARGH, another conspiracy...

[FreshFroot_]

I know and I find that really unacceptable. If the supported, stable release cannot be maintained I think that's a problem. This regular release program has no merit if bugs aren't going to be fixed consistently.

They probably are doing this, so we are forced to upgrade and get vB4. Otherwise, if vB3.8 was fixed up.. not many people would be motivated or forced to move.

[Anthony89]

There are many Confirmed bug reports from months back which have yet to be fixed.

I know and I find that really unacceptable. If the supported, stable release cannot be maintained I think that's a problem. This regular release program has no merit if bugs aren't going to be fixed consistently.