Just to show XOOPS is moving fast, and for buzzing, Muss aka Mamba here posted the announcement about XOOPS 2.5.4 beta
What's new ? only update on libraries - phpMailer 5.1 - TinyMCE 3.4.6 - jQuery 1.6.4
what an announcement !

Smarty 3.1.3 has been released. Minor bug fixes and other improvements, see www.smarty.net for details.

10 hours later, here is another one : XOOPS 2.5.3 !

"In addition to bugs fixed in 2.5.2, this release is reverting fix for bug ID: 2672723 (Changed the code in Install to omits the SQL command: "ALTER DATABASE ... CHARACTER SET ..."), which was impacting new installations."

Well, tests were not efficient it seems !

Finally, the authors of Xoops 2.5 decided to finish their work, many months after the 2.5.1a release !
This release contains 2 security fixes.

Smarty 3.1.2 has been released
Minor bug fixes and other improvements, see changelog on www.smarty.net

Smarty 3.1.1 has been released. Minor bug fixes and other improvements
See www.smarty.net for more details

3.0.9 has been released with some minor bug fixes. change log on www.smarty.net
Caution : this is the latest release of the 3.0x branch, that is compatible with full backward Smarty 2 compatibility

Smarty 3.1 is a departure from 2.0 compatibility. Most notably, all
backward compatibility has been moved to a separate class file named
SmartyBC.class.php. If you require compatibility with 2.0, you will
need to use this class.

Some differences from 3.0 are also present. 3.1 begins the journey of
requiring setters/getters for property access. So far this is only
implemented on the five directory properties: template_dir,
plugins_dir, configs_dir, compile_dir and cache_dir. These properties
are now protected, it is required to use the setters/getters instead.
That said, direct property access will still work, however slightly
slower since they will now fall through __set() and __get() and in
turn passed through the setter/getter methods. 3.2 will exhibit a full
list of setter/getter methods for all (currently) public properties,
so code-completion in your IDE will work as expected.

There is absolutely no PHP allowed in templates any more. All
deprecated features of Smarty 2.0 are gone. Again, use the SmartyBC
class if you need any backward compatibility.

See www.smarty.net for more details

Smarty 3.0.8 has been released. Mostly bug fixes and performance improvements.
See the change log for details on www.smarty.net.

A bug and security fix version of Smarty is released.

A bug fix version of Smarty 3 is released
- fixed typo in compile_continue
- fixed security in {fetch} plugin
- changed back plugin parameters to two. second is template object
with transparent access to Smarty object
- fixed {config_load} scoping form compile time to run time

More informations on www.smarty.net

A bugfix version is released
changelog : 12/11/2010
- reactivated $error_reporting property handling

S3 came to maturity, it's now released as final version, ready for production.
May we remember that X3 runs already S3.

The final version of XOOPS 2.5, so ready for production, is released.
The XOOPS 2.5.0 release is a major redesign of the System Module which has been AJAX-ed with jQuery :

A new XOOPS architecture is released.
Named XOOPS 3, the new Xoops Engine has been re-designed from the ground up to take advantages of third-party frameworks.

In order to keep ocused on creating a flexible and extensible development engine for developers and a high performance application platform for end users, the development team has decided to use industry-standard frameworks :
PHP: Zend Framework
Template: Smarty 3,
(script removed) jQuery

A second Release Candidate of XOOPS 2.5 is released

More info http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5665

The first RC of XOOPS 2.5 is released

More info http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5653

A new version of Smarty 3 RC is released : Smarty 3 RC4.
See smarty.net for more details. A final version can be expected soon
Xoops 3, which first beta will be released soon, will make use of Smarty 3.

A new version of Smarty 3 RC is released.
See smarty.net for more details.

A bug fix version of XOOPS 2.4 has been released.
See below the changelog

the second RC is released.
Get more informations on smarty.net

The first RC is released. The xoops 3 integration can start.
More news on smarty.net

The stable version of Legacy 2.1.8 package is released
You can see the changes here

The eighth Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
There are some important changes to Beta 8. Most notably, the API has been refactored in favor of a more consistent and modular syntax. Many of the Smarty 2 APIs are deprecated (but still work.)

More info on http://www.smarty.net/

This is minor upgrade fixes some known issues. The 2.2 branch will merge this version, if XCL 2.1.8 doesn't have any problems.

XoopsCube Legacy 2.1.8. Beat Release notes

A bugfix-version of XOOPS 2.4.3, XOOPS 2.4.4. has been released.
See changelog below.

The seventh Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
More info on http://www.smarty.net/

The sixth Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
More info on http://www.smarty.net/

A bug+ security fix release of XOOPS has been released.
See below the changelog.
it's strongly advised to upgrade to this latest release.

A bug fix release of Xoops has been release
See below the changes.

The fifth Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
More info on http://www.smarty.net/

The fourth Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
More info on http://www.smarty.net/

The third Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
More info on http://www.smarty.net/

The second Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
More info on http://www.smarty.net/

A bug fix version of XOOPS 2.4 is released : XOOPS 2.4.1.
It brings a new feature : Preload hook in index.php

See below the changelog

The first Beta of Smarty 3, the PHP Template Engine, is released.
More info on http://www.smarty.net/

Xoops 2.4 has been released as final.
What's new?
* a new Admin GUI: Oxygen (Voltan): see picture above
* new mechanism to modularize and extend Core via Preloads (trabis)
* central support for jQuery (trabis)
* improved Installer (DuGris)
* WCAG 2.0 - Sight Impaired Assisted Forms (wishcraft)
* Themeable Admininstration area (trabis)
* support for new WYSIWYG Editors: CKEditor, wymeditor, Xinha, and Spaw2 (wishcraft and Luciorota)
* new System Key (wishcraft)
* Support to PHP 5.3 (trabis)
* profile and pm modules improved by Trabis
* Security fixes (trabis, wishcraft)
* and many more.

It's the last PHP4 compatible version of XOOPS !
Viva PHP5 now, and thanks to all and to Trabis/Catz for their hard work.

See the complete changelog below

A new theme has been activated on xoops.org, that provides a very professional look and feel !
it's still a New Xoops.org Designtest phase, so there are some residual bugs
Anyway, well done

The first alpha of smarty 3, the template engine, is released !
What's new ? simply a complete rewrite, 2-5x on average over smarty 2, PHP5 OO code, etc.
You'll find below more details about this new smarty version.

A new version is released, labelled as RC.
What's new, in addition to bug fixes
- Removed soap authentication and classes(trabis)
- Removed extra databases support (trabis)
These features will be revisited for the next release.