Dev Diary: Beta 9

luceos

We've ran into a couple of things we need to tackle before we can release beta 9. These are either pretty damaging bugs or security bugs. In addition we've been brewing about our future plans 😉

Don't worry, we're moving forward. Maybe visibly not as much as hoped for, but still 😃

Thanks for your patience and above all thanks for asking.

MikeJones

luceos thanks for the update!

theportablegeek

luceos Keep up the amazing work!

User39

luceos thanks for the update luceos and I'm excited for the release. 😀

GoGLIKK

Hello,
watching out you guys from 2016. You are doing amazing work. 🙂
how can I install beta 9 thru composer ??

Digital

GoGLIKK It's not out yet.

But official installation instructions can always be found here.

GoGLIKK

Digital yes but I remember you can modify composer.json to install the dev version. maybe I am wrong about it.

Digital

GoGLIKK For testing purposes: https://discuss.flarum.org/d/5192-how-do-i-install-the-dev-version-of-flarum/2

luceos

Discuss(.flarum.org) has been updated, in preparation of the beta 9 release, to the latest development version, including all core extensions.

MikeJones

luceos excited!

SHC

@luceos I'm excited as well! By the way, are there any changes to the requirements? I'd like to run it with PHP 7.2 and Maria DB 10.

datitisev

SHC Not as far as PHP version requirements go. There are probably some issues with PHP 7.3 (because of dumb breaking changes), but you should be good.

EDIT: MySQL 5.6.0 or later is now required (previously 5.5.0). MariaDB is now officially supported. PHP 7.3 seems to be supported as well.

myorangeca

So where can I find out more info for the beta 9 and what will be included / excluded, do I need to uninstall the current version in order to upgrade?

datitisev

myorangeca No need to uninstall the previous version. When beta 9 is released, we will publish an announcement with the most notable changes and upgrade instructions.

You can find the unreleased changes in our CHANGELOG.md.

luceos

Pretty much all preparations for beta 9 are concluded. We are finishing up on our announcement(s) before we can release it. One thing I'll mention right off the bat is that we will tremendously improve our release cycle immediately after beta 9.

Thanks for your patience with us, hang on tight 😉

YusufYldrm

luceos That's good news.

Staszek

@luceos Please, remember to take into consideration those, who still uses beta7 (due to problems with upgrading plugins). We will probably have to first upgrade to beta8? Or is it going to be handled automatically?

datitisev

Staszek What would be handled automatically here ? Third party extensions are not managed by the Flarum team, so I'm not sure what you would want them to do.

Have you thought about contacting the extension owners and/or Friends of Flarum to update the extensions you need ?

luceos

Staszek we are going to move forward with releasing beta 9 regardless of the state of third party extensions. Because a release is paramount for extensions developers to upgrade their extensions to a definite compliant state. Most, if not all, extensions that work with beta 8 are still compatible with beta 9.

As to extensions that aren't compatible with beta 8 yet, these are your options:

contact the extension developer to update it (best asked inside the discussion or on the github repository)
contact friends of flarum to request the upgrade (best asked on discord).
upgrade (and fork) the extension yourself
find a replacement
remove the extension

Any of these steps might prove more successful with a reward offered. Once we release a stable release, extensions will show a longer compatibility period.

Staszek

@luceos Thanks for the answer.🙂
I'm not asking about extensions. I know that I have to handle it myself. I also know the options. I'm asking about the core. I have beta7. If I decide, that there are enough extensions for me compatible with beta9, will there there any automatic way to upgrade from beta7 to beta9, or will I have to first upgrade to beta8? It would be great if instructions for upgrade take this into consideration.

luceos

Staszek will there there any automatic way to upgrade from beta7 to beta9

Running composer update flarum/core will automatically bring you to beta 9 when it is released. If you upgrade this way without following the upgrade guide to beta 8 from beta 7 you might run into serious issues. Because, among others, that guide specifically mentions extensions might be broken.

Staszek will I have to first upgrade to beta8

I recommend you to upgrade as soon as possible, you are running a vulnerable Flarum installation ⚠️

Staszek It would be great if instructions for upgrade take this into consideration

Upgrade instructions will only cover the upgrade path from beta 8(.2) to beta 9. We can add a link to the upgrade guide from beta 7 to beta 8, but in the end we assume you to have already upgraded.

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