Wedge

Managed to reboot with Windows 7... Even though it's installed on the very first partition that failed for me (and I didn't manage to boot it last time I tried!)

I launched a quick chkdsk on my XP partition (that also holds my Wedge files), and it still fails.
I did an xcopy of the Wedge folder, it stopped again in the cache folder. Then I just created several subfolders and xcopied other, media, Sources and Themes separately. They all worked... Also the root folder. So, normally, all of my recent changes should be retained (phew.)

I'm still gonna have to do something about it... I think I'll go to a computer shop tomorrow, and buy myself a new machine. I'd really rather build it myself, but I found a machine that is 80% of what I was planning to build. (The only issue is that it lacks a SSD, which I can buy separately (I'll also buy an extra 1TB or 1.5TB HD), and has a GeForce 560 which AFAIK is overkill for me and a bit noisy. I like silence. Well, I can always replace it in the future...)

Then I'll install W7 on it and try to recover as much data as possible.

I'm not excited with the idea though... If only it could be a cable problem...! But it really doesn't seem to be linked to that.

Pm Pete. I can barely post here with my iPod and no pc. Sigh.

Thank you guys...
I can assume that everyone's at least at 5.2, that's the good news.
The bad news being that over half of you are at 5.2, so maybe 5.3 is a tad too demanding as the minimum version.
5.2 would still be good. It has JSON and ZIP by default, as well as file upload progress. But 5.3 would be great. Namespaces, lambda functions for me (I learned to love them in JS), MySQLi for Pete... Sweet.
Pete, locally you could use WampServer. It's working great for me, and the lowest default version of PHP on it is 5.3.0.

Etch was the Debian I'd installed on my server last time I had one -- a couple of years ago. I would assume if I'd kept it, I'd have updated the main packages, but apparently PHP 5.3 is only available either through recompiling, or through non-official package servers like php53.dotdeb.org... Hmm. That'd mean I'd be locked out of my own forum system, eh. Or that I'd get a good reason to try and upgrade it, obviously.

Need more configuration samples. Keep 'em coming! :)

Update: we're considering dropping support for PHP < 5.3, instead of 5.1.2.

The reasons behind it:
- 5.3 is already 2 years old (will be in two weeks). We can no longer consider it 'young'. It has received several incremental updates, and should be perfectly stable now.
- 5.2 and 5.3 add some features that, although not vital, are nice enough that we sometimes used them without realizing we couldn't. Then we had to write our code differently, etc... It's not cool.
- It's best to keep up with the current version, if only because it allows us to test for compatibility. Sometimes new PHP versions break compatibility, so we need to install these versions... Might as well ask everyone to use the same branch as we do.
- And finally, really -- here's the thing we'll always say to people who complain about version numbers in Wedge.

If you're really serious about outdated software, use SMF 2.0!

Your host should have PHP 5.3 installed. If it doesn't, maybe it's a cheap, bad host, and maybe they're not up to date on most of their software -- as a result, it may create other issues in Wedge that wouldn't trigger otherwise.

Guys & gals, we'd be interested in knowing what PHP (and MySQL) version you're running your main SMF install on! This information should be in your admin homepage.

Warning: Wedge.org != Wedge.
Wedge has the Wine styling, which is less 'earthlike', and more 'edgy'. It's still very good looking -- I'll post the first screenshots later this month, after I'm done with my nth redesign.It's not really associated with the text logo. And I like the triangle...? It's the only thing I had absolutely no influence over (being a suggestion from Bloc), so obviously I like it best :lol:I posted such examples last week and no one seemed to like them...?

There's nothing to heal, nothing that matters right now at least.

Off-topic is welcome here. We just need to use that 'Split Topic' feature more often, eheh. Like I did right now.What do you mean "by any other name"?

Thank you :)