I've been meaning to respond to this blog post for a while, along with the individual comments.

I see nothing wrong with releasing a beta for an upgrade which includes over two-hundred fixes, many of which include the rewriting of code and the inclusion of new security enhancements which will find their way onto our web sites. In my opinion, releasing such an update without testing it, especially without the community's input, would be a foolish mistake, which is being avoided here by doing what see more should be done. Of course, this was meant for those that were complaining about the release of a beta, which I found to be personally striking a nerve.

To those who are complaining about the sheer size of this update, and the time of release for a finalized version of this update, I must agree with you. BoonEx should have released smaller updates for critical fixes over the span of months since the release of the latest version of the script. The lack of an update, especially one with important fixes and enhancements such as this one, has left many of us, including myself, waiting while our web sites and dreams collect nothing but dust. There are those who have launched their web sites using the first release, and have found themselves falling down a very steep hill, using a release equivalent to a beta. I do believe BoonEx made a mistake with the release of this script, as it is, in my honest opinion, premature and has brought a rise to numerous issues which should simply not exist in a final release.