yaeh, i agree with you, i will be interested by a version 3.8.12.

There will be no new versions of vBulletin 3 and 4 as stated before. Paul was just talking about making his own private version that he will call 3.8.12.

already he created 3.8.11, so will create 3.8.12 perfectly i think.

I think you are misunderstanding me, he longer works at Internet Brands (vBulletin). He's not allowed to release a new version.

He can freely modify it for his own forum, but him releasing it for everyone else to use would be illegal as it goes against vBulletin's license agreement and terms & conditions.

Just in case it wasn’t clear in my earlier post and the linked announcements:
There will be no new versions of vB3 or vB4.

at least, support for next php versions. we would like to use php 7.2 and others.

As I said, there will not be ANY further full releases of vB3 or vB4, this includes php compatibility releases.

it's so sad :(, because i think 3 series was golden era for vBulletin.

vBulletin 3 is now over fourteen years old. It's not possible to continue to develop software that old indefinitely.

This is old news, all work on vB3 and vB4 stopped when I left.

I have my own working versions (3.8.12 & 4.2.6) that support PHP 7.2.
They are untested, other than my own private testing, but should work fine.

As noted, these are not "official" as I no longer work at IB, and could not be released publicly (unless by some miracle they decided to allow it).

As always, sites can be worked on and updated privately, and I may at some point offer a private upgrade service.