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Don't worry Chefry, 2.6 is the right direction at this time.
There is a Facebook connect module but it is not polished. It worked when I tried it but I didn't like how it worked as it wasn't tied into the user database very well.
At this time the 2.5 series is a bug fix series beyond where we are now.
I am working on some things right now and I will be providing some Hacks to add support for things to 2.5 and that may be the direction you are looking for. I will be working on something that will likely work with this but it will be a while as it is not tops on my list.
It won't take much to convert modules that work with 2.5 to work with 2.6 and it will be well worth it from what I have seen so far. As I understand it , it will be as simple as copy and replace on modules.
The current core up to 2.5 contains lot of code from the original version of Xoops and it is very out of date and was in desperate need of upgrading. Due to past "Xoops 3" failures the code base for the 2.x series has been seriously neglected over the past 5 years and the 2.6 update was seriously needed. Once 2.6 is released and fully tested you will see alot of new features added. Just as 2.3.3 needed to be upgraded to 2.4.x to be compatible with PHP5, 2.6 is finishing up the work started with the 2.4 series. Short of starting over with a new 3.0 Fork, this is the best option for the future of xoops and should set the tone for the next few years. Just have patience with this and you should be happy with the eventual results. As I already mentioned modules that currently work with 2.4.5 and 2.5.4 should work with 2.6 with minimal code change.. Likely less code will have to be changed than needs to be made to add the 2.5 admin interface.
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