Re: [sword-devel] Windows Utilities

2013-07-24 Thread Jonathan Morgan
Devil's advocate: Why should you expect volunteers to do things that are out of their speciality / experience just because someone reported a bug. One of the most depressing things about being a volunteer is when you have expended time and effort only to be told that you've done it wrong or

Re: [sword-devel] Windows Utilities

2013-07-24 Thread David Haslam
Jonathan, My question was not about blame. It was about responsiveness. The CrossWire wiki http://crosswire.org/wiki/Help:Contents directs people to the issues tracker for reporting problems. I'm on the inside of CrossWire. Imagine how outsiders might feel if they get the same lack of

Re: [sword-devel] Windows Utilities

2013-07-24 Thread Kahunapule Michael Johnson
Serious software developers always appreciate good feedback and bug reports, because it provides an opportunity to make their product better. David Haslam has provided great help to me in improving Haiola software, and I am honestly grateful. This isn't about being told I was wrong, but that

[sword-devel] Scripture Tools for Every Person

2013-07-24 Thread Chris Burrell
Dear All I'm delighted to announce that the Beta version of STEP (Scripture Tools for Every Person) has now been launched. You can try it out for yourself at http://www.stepbible.org For more information about the project, please see our press release:

Re: [sword-devel] Scripture Tools for Every Person

2013-07-24 Thread Trevor Jenkins
On 24 Jul 2013, at 21:11, Chris Burrell ch...@burrell.me.uk wrote: I'm delighted to announce that the Beta version of STEP… Might that not confuse people who know about STEP as a format for electronic Bibles? Regards, Trevor. Re: deemed! ___

[sword-devel] CzeB21 Bible not listed on modules download page

2013-07-24 Thread DM Smith
With the clearing of the zips cache, it has uncovered a problem with the module downloading page: http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModDisp.jsp?modType=Bibles The module CzeB21 should be listed, but it is not. This is an old module that has been present for a long time. It should be listed

Re: [sword-devel] CzeB21 Bible not listed on modules download page

2013-07-24 Thread Chris Little
On 07/24/2013 04:51 PM, DM Smith wrote: With the clearing of the zips cache, it has uncovered a problem with the module downloading page: http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModDisp.jsp?modType=Bibles The module CzeB21 should be listed, but it is not. This is an old module that has been

Re: [sword-devel] Windows Utilities

2013-07-24 Thread Jonathan Morgan
Hi David, You're right. I was being a devil's advocate and pitched it too strong (probably predictably). I don't think you were trying to blame anyone (though in some interactions I have had with other open source groups blame definitely happens - and it's not about technical faults, either).

Re: [sword-devel] Scripture Tools for Every Person

2013-07-24 Thread Chris Little
On 07/24/2013 01:11 PM, Chris Burrell wrote: Dear All I'm delighted to announce that the Beta version of STEP (Scripture Tools for Every Person) has now been launched. You can try it out for yourself at http://www.stepbible.org For more information about the project, please see our press

Re: [sword-devel] Scripture Tools for Every Person

2013-07-24 Thread Jonathon
On 07/24/2013 10:14 PM, Trevor Jenkins wrote: Might that not confuse people who know about STEP as a format for electronic Bibles? Maybe, but STEP, as a file format, is dead. Other than e-Sword, is there any currently available Biblical software that can read STEP formatted resources?