FreeFlarum beta.14 update status
Hello folks! It's been some time since we've updated our beta.14 update to-do issue. Flarum beta.14/beta.14.1 was around for quite some time now, and it would be a pity if we wouldn't update. Actually, we are going to update very soon, we just needed to give extension developers some time to update their amazing extensions 🙂
First of all, I want to thank the awesome Flarum team & all the developers that worked really hard during this update & extensions update. I am really happy to see such a strong and amazing community. Us updating wouldn't be possible without your help with fixing some bugs I've found during the testing, so thank you very much for that!
Information you should know:
And now for the update itself. Yesterday, I spend quite some time (R. I. P. Saturday) testing the beta.14 update.
I've setup a testing forum independent to other FreeFlarum forums, but with setup equal to other forums (there were some small downtimes at our service sometimes, so I want to apologize for that). This was a very important step, because it allowed us to debug and squash some bugs before we update all forums for real. I've ran through every single extension we've got at FreeFlarum (plus, a few new ones you've been requesting for quite some time now ;D) and took a notes of what bugs occurred during the testing, what needs to be reported, changed or (sadly) removed.
Speaking of removals, some extensions sadly won't make it to this update (yet):
Those are a lot of incompatible extensions... But don't worry, some of them got replaced with updated versions. They will all come back when they become compatible. We promised to update when 2/3 of the extensions are compatible, so let's go!
Also, don't be upset, we've got a few new ones in our disposal too:
We're aware that we've removed quite a lot of extensions in this update. But we have to move forward. All of them will come back when compatible versions become available, so don't worry 🙂
Other things you might need to know
- We will put a notice about the update in the header of every forum with link to this post. This should disappear as soon as your forum updates.
- There might be downtime during the upgrade. Do not panic, we will try to resolve that as quickly as we can.
- Your data won't be deleted. You can re-enable the extensions and continue discussing ;D
We will try our best to ensure that everything goes smoothly. The update might take from 2 - 24 hours, depends on the forum amount to upgrade. For now, sit tight and do what you do best - you all deserve a break ;D
If anything goes wrong, we will try to fix it as fast as we can. We've got backups, obviously, so don't worry 😃
Update, as of 12:34
So far, everything is going smoothly and we're currently letting our system to synchronize the files, this will take some time. There shouldn't be any downtime and your forum should be updated automatically. If a problem appears, just reply to this thread 👍
