Bill Myers wrote on May 19
th, 2022 at 6:07pm:
Thank you pyragony54 for all of the work that you've done over the years to make Yabb better. I understand why you're angry, but to be fair to Dandello, she seems to be in a tough spot when it comes to further developing YaBB.
Even if she had a lot of time to work on YaBB's development, with due respect regarding your work, I don't think it's fair for any of us to expect her to essentially do everything on her own.
I don't see it any differently. But why not talk about it openly? The Yabbforum hasn't worked for a while. You can't tell me that management hasn't noticed, or rather, nobody cares anymore. This more or less gives me the impression that they want to let YaBB die. Why aren't they telling us the truth. I've offered all the help I can. I'm not a programmer, but I make my server available at any time, and my domain "yabbtest.de" Dandello needs a large forum to test whether the conversion can be tested. I tested this over a year ago and the conversion was error-free. However, some bugs from 2.6.12 have also been carried over, caused by the <pre> tag.
http://yabbforumsoftware.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=159561829 Pieszyce reports an error here, which I don't see. In order to be able to understand this, I need admin rights and possibly FTP access. I maintain a few YaBB forums here in Germany. The error does not occur to anyone. So why is it? Outdated Perl modules? I can't say that.
Conclusion: Only if we all stick together can we keep YaBB alive. Mutual motivation is important. Quite frankly, if YaBB's upper management doesn't want to go any further, we can do without them, but only if we stick together.
And why not a pHp forum like SMF now. SMF even has a conversion tool. No wonder, it is also a child of YaBB. It starts with the SQL database. Hackers particularly target these. If I convert my forum, I have a database that exceeds the 64 mb limit by far. If I then have to move the database for some reason, this can only be done with a Docker. Actually no problem. However, if there is only a small error in the database, Docker aborts and you have the ass card in gold. Experienced live with my Coppermine picture gallery. It took me weeks to restore the database. That's why I prefer YaBB to SMF. Flat file is considerably slower, but more secure. Warning: This only reflects my personal experience, it doesn't have to be your experience.
So I ask myself: What secret or political issue is behind YaBB.