by Jazza » Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:18 pm
I can reel off the names of a dozen forum packages...some are better, some are worse, some are commercial, some are free, some are fast and some are slow etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc
if mySQL isnt needed then what is? an alternative dB? flat files?
mySQL is fast, simple to setup and well supported by alot of hosting companies and proven to be scalable, ie. it is not not an issue
The problem with phpBB mods, is that each mod installed might not work when phpBB is updated (every few months). This leads to more work as the mod might not get updated (the creator may have lost interest for example, then we would have people moaning about features being removed).
Priority number 1 is keeping phpBB up-to-date and as secure as possible (seen as the last hacking attempt nearly screwed things up in a major way)
Some mods are essential - like ones to block crazy spidering, and some are nice to have, so long as they dont involve updates to the core code.
Saying that I agree that a merging feature would be useful.
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