On November 22, 2010 05:26:45 pm michael crane wrote:
> Do I hear a YES ? [0]
> 
> 
> [0] Oh I want it so bad

I hear you.  A little bit of patience.  We all want that.  For now all I can 
say is that Santa Claus is coming soon.  Given how poor we are, this means a 
*source* release.  There can't be a binary release before a source release 
anyway.  Given how many people/resources have been gravitating toward building 
and testing binaries in recent releases, maybe the time between the source and 
the binary release can be further shortened.

And as far as *all* platform goes:  there won't be support for Android or iOS 
(it has not even started yet) and I doubt anybody will want to spend time 
trying to make the latest code work on Windows 98 despite the fact that it was 
a hugely popular platform once upon a long ago.

So you will excuse me if I lower your expectations, and say that we do 
whatever effort we can to have the source code build on the "main supported 
platforms" - a definition that changes over time and depends on the resources 
available to the project; and that we strive to have quality builds available 
for said platform, and that this too is a matter of time and resources.

All I can promise from my side is that I am working on:
- getting the migration to the LP tracker done
- cleaning up the visual appearance of the app (Cristian's design has been 
waiting for too long)
- getting a source release out before Christmas (first beta likely toward the 
end of the week, to start drumming up support from the builders on the 
different platforms)
- getting a robust build infrastructure for distribution on Ubuntu.  Lucid, 
and Jaunty (work already, is just a matter of time that I don't have).  Maybe 
Maverick (though I am afraid breaking my workstation in the process of 
upgrading and I need it for work too.  And over Christmas I won't have access 
to my HTPC on which I do the rather experimental creepy stuff, so maybe 
Maverick and Natty will be for early January).
- getting the source package produced approved so that they will flow into the 
official Natty release 11.4 (by then we might have another release and the 
Hugin PPA will take up where the Ubuntu distro left).

That said, I still have a family (and my son just told me that supper is on 
the table) and a life, so no matter how badly you want it, I may not be able 
to give it to you and I won't apologize for that.

Yuv

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