Abandon vBulletin 2?

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by amykhar

I contend that the 3.0 forums should be closed for posting but left open for reference.

Personally, I don't mind leaving my older stuff there for reference, but would rather not have new people install the legacy stuff which I can't support as I no longer have that version of code running.

While I can understand people maintaining legacy versions, I am befuddled as to why they would continue to modify them.

We continue to modify them because we don't want to say to our members "I am abandoning this community now because a new version of the software is out which we can't install".

My only caveat is that I'll only install 'new' hacks on my 3.0 board that I know have been ported to 3.5.

As regards support, by the time I come to install a hack I don't need any. If it's working ok (as will be evident from the replies to the thread) then if I have got any problems I can almost certainly sort them myself, or with advice from other members if I'm REALLY stuck, so support from the author doesn't really matter.

If you look at most hacks now, virtually every question has been asked, and in most cases answered by someone. If a problem is evident that hasn't been answered, I don't install the hack.