I suggest the converter from phpBB 2 to phpBB 3 is removed from the default package for 3.1
It has been 5 years since phpBB3 was released and most of the people that will convert have done. Those that haven't can download a separate script from phpBB.com
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[RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
[RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
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Re: [RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
I agree.
with 3.1 or 3.2 we don't need to have the converter its there since long and probably i think by that time the support for converting should also be finished!
People need to move on!
with 3.1 or 3.2 we don't need to have the converter its there since long and probably i think by that time the support for converting should also be finished!
People need to move on!
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Re: [RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
+1. If we have an alternative like that (download from the website) we don't need to ship something that less than 1% of the people will ever use. I agree we should get rid of it.
Re: [RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
Incidentally I was thinking earlier today about whether the converter was still working correctly in 3.1 tree.
Since we support 3.0 -> 3.1 migration I would say there is no reason to keep it in 3.1.
Since we support 3.0 -> 3.1 migration I would say there is no reason to keep it in 3.1.
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Re: [RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
+1Oleg wrote:Incidentally I was thinking earlier today about whether the converter was still working correctly in 3.1 tree.
Since we support 3.0 -> 3.1 migration I would say there is no reason to keep it in 3.1.
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Re: [RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
On the other side there is no reason to remove it if it is working.
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Re: [RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
I say we remove it from the 3.1 package (after all, it is meant for 2.0 -> 3.0, not 2.0 -> 3.1) and make it available via the website.bantu wrote:On the other side there is no reason to remove it if it is working.
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We still see support topics every week about converting from phpBB2. If it works, I would suggest leaving it. If it is sufficiently broken, then I wouldn't put much effort into fixing it.
Re: [RFC] Remove phpBB 2 Convertor
I don't agree with this sentiment. In general. We have so many parts that we need to maintain, which is part of why we are so slow. We should seriously consider removing some of this cruft.bantu wrote:On the other side there is no reason to remove it if it is working.
On topic: I don't think we need 2.0 => 3.1 conversion.