phpBB 3.0.6 RC1

In order to make sure everything is OK with the final release, phpBB team decided to release their first RC1 of phpBB 3.0.6.

The following is a list of major new features implemented in phpBB 3.0.6:

• Backported 3.2 captcha plugins:
  
  • Classic and GD CAPTCHA
  • reCaptcha (based on API from recaptcha.net by Mike Crawford and Ben Maurer)
  • Q&A CAPTCHA
  • 3D Wave (by Robert "Xore" Hetzler)

• Introduced new ACM plugins:
  
  • null (to disable caching completely)
  • memcache (http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache)
  • APC (http://pecl.php.net/package/APC)
  • XCache (http://xcache.lighttpd.net/)
  • eAccelerator (http://eaccelerator.net/)
    

• ATOM Feeds
• bare-bones Quick Reply editor in viewtopic
• Users can report PMs to moderators which are then visible in a new MCP module
• Ability to copy permissions from one forum to several other forums.
• Send statistical information (anonymously) about PHP and phpBB configuration to help improve phpBB.

I just hoped that the upgrade process will be painless when the final version is released