I have found the plugins, thanks ;-)
(although not all parts of the site seem to work flawlessly)

any update on this?

It's a place to list what plugins you would want.
I don't think there's much to update

any releases yet?

http://bbpress.org/plugins/

Cunningly hidden in the top menu, under "plugins" ;-]

No. 1 :- Social Connect
With this plugin; users can register to your forums via their some social networking accounts like Facebook, OpenID, Twitter, Myspace etc. My developers says its not possible to fetch email id of a user who will register from fb or like other social networking sites, but it will be possible to show the link of a register user in his profile. where we can trace a user that from where he/she came.

No. 2 :- Better Moderation Suite ( Remake)
There are some issues with this old plugin. we will fix it soon and add more fields in it. second we will add two more section in this plugin. these are about moderators
a) simple moderator,
if anyone is running one board ( one bbpress ) then he/she can assign a user as simple moderator for his/her work.
b) Super Moderator,
if any one is running more then one bbpress installation suppose
http://www.example.com/forums-01 ( one bbpress about hockey discussion )
http://www.example.com/forums-02 ( one bbpress about football discussion )
http://www.example.com/forums-03 ( one bbpress about dance discussion )
http://www.example.com/forums-so-on ( one bbpress about other discussion )
then super moderator can handle these 4 fourms ( 4 integrated bbpress ) from one panel.
its means . a simple moderator can handle just http://www.example.com/forums-01 ( one bbpress about hockey discussion )
and super moderator can handle other 4 or more forums discussion.
there are more functions will be add in this plugin which i don't want to disclose right now :). Because I need your thoughts that what should add more functionality in this plugin.

No. 3 :- BBMI ( BBpress Multiple Integration)
Integration of One wordpress with multple bbpress
Read again my second plugin. Then you'll understand the requirement of this plugin called BBMI.
Its not possible right now to create multiple forums like Worpdress MU, but if someone want more then one forums ( bbpress installation ) for more topics then its not possible to integration these multiple forums with one WordPress and each other.
Because if you'll successful in integrate more forums ( shared user table, and user meta plus shared database... which not a big deal) then you'll definitely fail in the integrate of cookies.
"Because now integration is possible just for one bbpress and one wordpress"
Not for multiple bbpress with one wordpress. ( Think about it, isn't cool? )
Note: some settings and plugin will involve to run this idea. and i also need your ideas.

No. 4 :- Link Protection
About this plugins, if register user paste a link to your forums via (post or topic). Then the guest cannot view this link till after the completion of his/her registration to your forums.

No. 5 :- BBpress Statistics
If you'll see the _ck_ plugin
http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/mini-stats/
its all about bbpress statistics it not tells about tracking report about users online, where they came from, what keywords they use to find your website, what referral sites they use, first visit, last visit, traffic detail, monthly weekly report, duration of user's stay on ur site blah blah blah, but my plugin will be a comprehensive plugin for your site to track traffic reports.

these are five plugins. now i'm starting work on them. All will go from my own pocket which is a really big amount, but if someone is interested to make a donation to me and wanna support me ( if he like my idea and plugins ) then I'll post my contact detail in my next post.

After that I want to make more plugins if I'll get your support and positive feedback.
See you again, same place, same post but soon some other time :)
Stay Connect..................

Regards,
bb-lover

But it strikes me that one thing that is missing, so far, is the ability to simply import databases from other forums like PHPBB etc. Haven't done exhaustive research but that's my impression.

The one plugin that *I* would want is the plugin that installs BBPress in the first place. And by the way, it should install it right into my existing WP theme.

My needs have been met by plugins, for the most part, but I am in dire straits when it comes to themes.

I am not able to code fluently, so I hack away at existing themes. Finally found one I like but it is not compatible with IE6 (which some people still use)...

Would LOVE to have an easily tweaked bbpress theme similar to THESIS for WP.

Saving that, an easily-tweaked theme, period.

I want to be able to say:
Forum x: only show to Gold
ForumY: only show to Bronze, Silver, Gold

It would also be nice to be able to set rights like
-view only
vs view and post
hide completely (i.e. do not show forum)

BY forum, I mean parts (buckets of threads) of a global forum

No edit or nothing. An auto-protection against double post. That detects a users double post, and instead of making an entirely new post, it inserts their message at the bottom of the last one. Of course, if no posts has been made in between by other users.

Please create a plugin, where people have to Register to Download Attachments !!!

DEFINATELY in this order:

1. Merge/Split topics functionality

2. Intuitive Quote and Multi-Quote

...huge period...

3. Up-to-date Statistics plugin (similar to _ck_'s MiniStats and MiniTrack but working)

Im saying that if its not that ideal, then its not working.

And what i'm saying is, you're wrong.
Working is working. Ideal is ideal. I can't think of one, not one, piece of software that is ideal. Infact, i can't think of one thing in the world that is ideal. Ideal is something we aim for, working is just the minimum we accept. If you have higher standards - awesome!

We all want things to be better, but we have limited resources. The more time we spend on things that do work, but could be better, is more time away from things that don't work.

P.S. Dont' say things aren't working because you don't like how to make them work. I said that about my wife once, don't think she's ever forgiven me ;-)

It has worked great for almost a year now, and it is a forum software that has gotten quite far already. It just need polishing and simplifying.

I dont think a plugin works unless it functions 100% out of the box. You shouldnt have to go into the code at all. Thats not userfriendly. So here is me, an end user wanting something to be ideal, and you admit it to not being ideal.

Im saying that if its not that ideal, then its not working.

If something works, even if you have to do some of the work yourself, then it works.

If it doesn't work - report the bug and we'll try and help.

But saying things don't work because it's not ideal or as easy as you'd like isn't helping us to help you :) and you're passionate about bbPress, we want to help you :)