will schemas remain the same till final?

[tnt_]

I'm wondering the table schemas of phpbb 2.2 will remain the same as their current incarnation cause I'm redesigning my website and I will be integrating 2.2 in it instead of 2.06. my problem is... will the database schema's remain the same?

[psoTFX]

No

[Martin Blank]

Don't count on anything to stay the same. I've been following the development on an almost daily basis, and the schemas are changing sometimes twice a week. Wait until you see the 2.2 final release before you go designing around it.

[metest12]

I am designing my site around it, too. I realize the schemas are constantly changing, but you can rely on some of the things now, like the Users Table and the like. But most of the time you won't be using any phpBB tables anyway, because phpBB's included files handle most of it. For example, the start session process:

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$user->start();
$auth->acl($user->data);
$user->setup();

All this is handled by sessions.php so you don't need to worry about schemas there. If you're using the Topics and Posts tables, most likely the field names won't change that already exist (remember most likely, I'm not certain). Anyway it's not a big deal to start developing around those, as you can change the field names later. However, stuff like the modules table, auth tables, groups tables, and config tables may be changing almost weekly, so I wouldn't mess with those yet.

[psoTFX]

hello? I think it's safe to go with what I said ... I think I may have some idea what I'm talking about. It is not safe to assume anything at all at this stage.

[D3V0N]

True but we can always hope right?

[Draegonis]

True but we can always hope right?

THERE IS NO HOPE!!!111oneone++;