Hi Dan, I was just wondering if you are still looking to release a refactored version of Xpack (as mentioned in your post above) and what your projected timeframe was?
Thanks lots. Jan On Friday, 27 May 2016 00:00:52 UTC+2, Dan wrote: > > Just released a new version of BoltWire--that marks a pretty important > milestone. Namely, I've upgraded code throughout the entire script to bring > BoltWire into line with PHP 5.5 and above. Unfortunately, this release will > probably break sites relying on PHP versons below 5.3, but there just > wasn't any other way around it. For geeks out there, I've replaced all the > preg_replace functions using the deprecated /e parameter with > preg_replace_callback functions which are more secure. I also created a > custom BOLTpreg_replace function for the markup table. > > Because this upgrade affected so many systems in such a foundational way, > I can't guarantee there will not be glitches here and there. I've tried it > on several of my sites, and everything looks good--but there is just no way > to test every affected function. To be honest, I'm not going to upgrade my > live sites for a bit, just to see if anyone report a bug. I'm reasonably > confident about this upgrade, but I'm still flagging it as > quasi-experimental. On mission critical sites, you might want to hold off > till 5.12, just in case--esp if you have a lot of custom code. > > Other than the big system upgrade, this release mostly adds a good number > of advanced hooks for developers and some special features. I've been > working on all kinds of complex development projects, and experimenting > with alternate authentications systems, permissions systems, installation > structures, and more. BoltWire has held up really well to all the > challenges--just needed a few small hooks to expand its capabilities in > various really fun ways. > > I'm also deciding to change course on XPack program--and turn it into a > shared library you can add on to BoltWire, rather than a parallel > installation. It's easier for me to maintain a single code base. And I'm > personally running at least 3 separate libraries for different kinds of > projects. I suspect there are others out there running complex > installations with libraries too. Releasing the XPack this way will keep it > easier for you to manage those as well. Hope to have the revised XPack > (possibly a couple versions) ready in the coming weeks. Just need to sort > out and zip up! > > Enjoy my annual birthday release... :) > > Cheers, > Dan > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to boltwire+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to boltwire@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/boltwire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
