Little fun Idea.. :)

Actually, when my website's open source CMS launches I'm planning on offering PunBB support packages (as the product will use PunBB for a forum).  I plan to donate 50-60% to the project.  It's a little way that I can help.

I still need to put together all of my mods, I have close to a dozen.  I have PM system way before the mod came out.  I just never thought about publishing them.

Well, even so, Rickard..

It would be a good idea

I agree, that would be nice.
However, it can very easily be done yourself. I did it on some of my boards, it's even too small to call it a mod.

First, open index.php and go to line 42:

$result = $db->query('SELECT c.id AS cid, c.cat_name, f.id AS fid, f.forum_name, f.forum_desc, f.redirect_url, f.moderators, f.num_topics, f.num_posts, f.last_post, f.last_post_id, f.last_poster FROM '.$db->prefix.'categories AS c INNER JOIN '.$db->prefix.'forums AS f ON c.id=f.cat_id LEFT JOIN '.$db->prefix.'forum_perms AS fp ON (fp.forum_id=f.id AND fp.group_id='.$pun_user['g_id'].') WHERE fp.read_forum IS NULL OR fp.read_forum=1 ORDER BY c.disp_position, c.id, f.disp_position', true) or error('Unable to fetch category/forum list', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

Change this to

$result = $db->query('SELECT c.id AS cid, c.cat_name, f.id AS fid, f.forum_name, f.forum_desc, f.redirect_url, f.moderators, f.num_topics, f.num_posts, f.last_post, f.last_post_id, f.last_poster, t.subject FROM '.$db->prefix.'categories AS c INNER JOIN '.$db->prefix.'forums AS f ON c.id=f.cat_id 
LEFT JOIN '.$db->prefix.'posts as p on p.id=f.last_post_id LEFT JOIN '.$db->prefix.'topics as t on p.topic_id=t.id
LEFT JOIN '.$db->prefix.'forum_perms AS fp ON (fp.forum_id=f.id AND fp.group_id='.$pun_user['g_id'].') WHERE fp.read_forum IS NULL OR fp.read_forum=1 ORDER BY c.disp_position, c.id, f.disp_position', true) or error('Unable to fetch category/forum list', __FILE__, __LINE__, $db->error());

Now find this around line 109

    // If there is a last_post/last_poster.
    if ($cur_forum['last_post'] != '')
        $last_post = '<a href="viewtopic.php?pid='.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].'#p'.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].'">'.format_time($cur_forum['last_post']).'</a> <span class="byuser">'.$lang_common['by'].' '.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_forum['last_poster']).'</span>';

and change it to:

    if ($cur_forum['last_post'] != '')
        $last_post = '<a href="viewtopic.tbi?pid='.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].'#p'.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].'" style="font-weight:bold">'.$cur_forum['subject'].'</a><br />'.
        $lang_common['by'].' '.pun_htmlspecialchars($cur_forum['last_poster']).'<br />
        <a href="viewtopic.tbi?pid='.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].'#p'.$cur_forum['last_post_id'].'">'.format_time($cur_forum['last_post']).'</a> <span class="byuser">';

This will show you both the subject and the date.

I asked Rickard for that and he said  (and he is most probably right there) that once you do that everybody wants his/her/its language to be included. The multi-language download system will do it more efficiently: http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8957

What I love about PunBB is that it does not fall for everybody wanting his favourite mod to become a feature
No offense meant, but f.e. I see no use for a PM at all, never did and never used it anywhere. So I really appreciate a board *without* it ....
I don't mean to start a discussion on how useful a PM is, it's just an example.

nope. connorhd would be the one helping, but he doesn't want to write the script. I am halted from writing the sript a) we don't know when 1.3 comes out, or when connorhd will send me the spec list

[as for tobi, i said "it would be nice to have the last topic a the actual title of the topic since narly all i know of except phpbb, does this" any ways thxs for the script eventhough i have it.

the PM mod is not useless entirely. if you have rpg then obviously you will need it. It also depends on how close your forum community is. The closer, they would send private messages to each other. That save them form going to their email, which is two clicks instead of one simple one.]

well that settles it doesn't it? as for the the last post from being a time to title, just make a tiny switch in profile and options for peoeple.

I agree.
I think in the long run it will inevitably lead to PunBB vs PunBB light, the latter missing all the real cool geek stuff.
This is not what Open Source is about imo.
However, Linus Torvalds is not an exceptionally poor man from what I know, meaning:
The profit you gain from OS development is always an indirect one. Somebody might have no clue how to install and pay you to do for it. Or somebody may invite you to speak at a congress because you are the mod wizard.From this income you can always donate a share to the project that enabled this income.

Have a look at this, http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8682 i am still thinking about how the rpg mod will work so i'm up for any ideas.