Simple Machines is very happy to bring you the first release candidate of SMF
1.1. This release marks the end of the beta-stage for 1.1. If you feel
uncomfortable using software that's not gone gold yet, we recommend using the
fully tested and stable 1.0.5 version of SMF. If you do upgrade, it will not be
possible to "downgrade" except by using a backup.

SMF 1.1 has changed in many ways from SMF 1.0.  Problems have been fixed,
bottlenecks have been identified, features have been added, and code has
changed.  Mods and themes which worked with previous versions may very well not
work without significant change with this new version.  This includes
integration with Mambo, MKPortal, and Coppermine.  If you are not comfortable
with this, please do not upgrade to this version.

If you feel you have found a security hole or very serious bug, it is best to
email security@simplemachines.org to make sure the correct people are notified.
However, if it is not critical, it will be more quickly addressed if it is
posted to SMF Coding Discussion or General English Support.  For any other
problems, please post in the appropriate section of General English Support.

Some of the most notable changes from the previous public beta are:

• A rewritten search engine to further optimize search performance, including

separate subject caching.

• Better support for safe mode/suexec hosts in the installer and package

manager.

• Sorting and better pagination is now supported in unread/unreadreplies.
• Added several improvements to the SMF convertors.
• Create backups upon package installation and uninstallation.
• Added a stylesheet for the print media.
• Increased usage of caching abilities of eAccelerator and similar packages

for optimized speed.

• New permission settings for server stored avatars and uploadable avatars.
• A new [time]-tag, allowing to show a time that's dynamically

adjusted to everyone's timezone.

• Added support for previewing a post without reloading the page for Opera

8.01+.

• Added a function for easily moving boards around.
• The repair boards and topics function now uses steps to prevent timeouts.
• Receiving 'report to moderator' notifications is now linked to a permission

(moderate board).

• Many, many bug fixes, tweaks, optimizations, improvements, etc.

Please check the changelog.txt file for a much more detailed list of changes.

We've also created a new Performance and Server Configuration board for
discussion of performance issues and tips and support for making your forum
perform better.  If you have a large forum, or feel your forum isn't performing
as it should, please take a look at the information there.

Upgrading from your current version of SMF to the latest version could not be
simpler, merely follow the standard procedure of executing upgrade.php.  But,
please remember to make a backup!!  The upgrader will upgrade any installation
from YaBB SE 1.5.5 all the way up to the latest version of SMF.  You can always
find information posted here about things like installation, upgrade, and more.

http://www.simplemachines.org/download.php

Thanks,
Simple Machines

On a more personal note.
Grudge, one of SMF's finest developers has decided to leave the development team
to "focus on things outside of cyber life." SMF owes him a lot of gratitude for
his continuous commitment to making SMF what it is today. Without him, features
like personal messages, reports, registration management, package management,
and converters wouldn't look the same. On behalf of Simple Machines and the
users of SMF I'd like to say: Thank you, it's been a pleasure working with you.

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Regards,
The Simple Machines Community Forum Team.

Pinta bastante bien.

PD:Esto iría en el foro de noticias, o en su defecto en el de Webmasters.