RandomGuySays, by reading your post; I can see that you are not a developer; As a developer it makes perfect scene to me why bbpress is stripped down to very basic of bulletin board (Maybe event more less of a bulletin board) and this is why I like bbPress.
as zaerl suggested, you are more worrying about third-party software than bbPress it’s self. Say you install vBulletin board and one day they stop development/supporting, what would you do? There is always a risk when it comes to using someone else product….
The way I see it, when third party plugin developer stop supporting their plugin; some one else will continue the IDEA of that plugin in some way (I’m sure you can find more than one plugin of a kind) and you can easily get help on how to convert your old pugin data into new (there are so many forum / boards to help with php and open sources).
Anyways, I’m not to say bbPress is better than others (I’m doing freelancing and I’ve used different forum in different occasion). You have to choose what do you want for your requirements (remember; requirements change over time)…
RandomGuySays, by reading your post; I can see that you are not a developer; As a developer it makes perfect scene to me why bbpress is stripped down to very basic of bulletin board (Maybe event more less of a bulletin board) and this is why I like bbPress.
as zaerl suggested, you are more worrying about third-party software than bbPress it’s self. Say you install vBulletin board and one day they stop development/supporting, what would you do? There is always a risk when it comes to using someone else product….
The way I see it, when third party plugin developer stop supporting their plugin; some one else will continue the IDEA of that plugin in some way (I’m sure you can find more than one plugin of a kind) and you can easily get help on how to convert your old pugin data into new (there are so many forum / boards to help with php and open sources).
Anyways, I’m not to say bbPress is better than others (I’m doing freelancing and I’ve used different forum in different occasion). You have to choose what do you want for your requirements (remember; requirements change over time)…
thanks for the reply guys…
I really like this Version 1 and I done some theme work on this as well… thats Why I was & I am waiting for the Version 1 to be released…
Most of the plug-ins DO work with V1 alpha so far (at-least the once i want).. anyway… Let me wait for may be another month (till Mid Feb) or i will go with 0.9.x
PS: I;m Looking to start a New forum and I’m already using the Latest WordPress. I want this forum to be Integrated so that From specified Forum i can list the topics in WordPress site as well.. sort of merging wordpress into bbPress (My Idea is to keep one Forum hidden only can accessed by Mods & Admins who can post Topics and it will be Listed in the wordpress front end… sort of!)..
Thanks again for the replies…
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Here is one I’m Working on… Waiting for a Stable Version of V1 to be launched…
Still working on Modifying Theme and Creating (& Searching) for plug-in’s to make it into a Full Working Forum…
WARNING: This site is to be an Adult Site…
http://forum.tnalist.com/
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Best thing about bbPress = It’s Light Weight! and Extreme Flexibility!
okey…
Tanks for re post _CK_
One more question… ? do you know where i may find the Query [Database Query] filters?
Its there any available like wordpress? [eg. posts_where]?
Hey,
Thanks for the Reply…
I guess i may have to wait, but in the mean time, Is there ay pages available to see existing HOOKS on bbpress 0.9+. I guess it may help with testing randomly. who knows, I may get lucky 
