# May 2019 News DevFeed: [May 2019 News]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-05-06T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Website](), [servers](), [Availability](), [version]() Tags: [availability](), [bto](), [news](), [pinebook](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [server](), [version](), [website]() ## AI overview Pine64's May 2019 news update announces forum infrastructure and software updates, outlines the Pinebook Pro roadmap, and explains the replacement of the BTO system with batch-based pre-orders for the Pinebook, Pinebook Pro, PinePhone, and potentially similar future devices. ## Source excerpt The new website is finally online and it is now easier to deliver news to people within and outside the community. Unlike the forum, information in this blog won't easily get lost among the countless other day-to-day threads concerning troubleshooting, new builds and similar topics. In the long run, I trust this will make it easier to find, reference and share information. And so, with no further ado ... News for May 2019 Run-Down: Forum updates incoming BTO is going away (for all devices) PinePhone Status Report Pinebook Pro Roadmap Forum Updates Incoming One of the reasons for moving the community services to a new infrastructure was to make it easier to update and improve stuff on the fly and when it suits us. One of the issues we were facing with the previous server setup was the inability to keep the forum up-to-date (as to why that was the case ... it is a long story and not interesting). This is now an thing of the past, and so this week we will clone the forum database, update myBB to a recent version, add services we think / feel the forum deserves and migrate over. We do not expect any major or lengthy blackout because of this but be prepared for some potential forum disturbances this and the next week as we're working on it. BTO is Going Away (for all devices) BTO is going away and is being replaced with a pre-order system. This change has already been reflected on the Pinebook store page. All those of you currently waiting in the BTO queue will be serviced, so don't worry - you are not waiting in vain. Initially, when the BTO system was implemented, it was intended to determine interest levels in the Pinebook. In practice however, it failed to work as a reliable indicator of how many people actually want a unit and hence, how many Pinebooks need to be built. It also proved to be very demanding on the shipping team and those who dealt with the system put in place to reissue BTOs when customers decided against purchasing their unit. We also realised that you g