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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Tieg Zaharia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> /me registers for Shoes Triathalon.
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> -tieg
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> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:32 PM, _why <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Hi there.
>>
>> Up to now, Shoes has ambled along as an experiment of mine. While
>> being very promising, it's always been very buggy and prone to
>> crashes. And, well, this is probably due to all of the changes in
>> the platform code. For example, the OS X stuff was only recently
>> rewritten in Cocoa. And this month I also moved away from using
>> macros and refactored all of the Windows and GTK code.
>>
>> Actually, the new Cocoa code is the big deal. Before that, I
>> didn't think Shoes was going to make it.
>>
>> {o}
>> ^
>>
>> In July, Shoes will hit its first anniversary. I'd like to put out
>> a really solid release for that. A finished manual, perfect
>> EXE/DMG injection, faster repaints, sandboxed scripts.
>>
>> The new calendar:
>>
>> * raisins (july 31)
>> * murder (september)
>> * feinstein (december)
>>
>> To do this, I hugely need all of your help. How can you help?
>> Here's two ways:
>>
>> 1. I would like to do a bug day every two weeks where we
>> can meet on Freenode's #shoes channel and sort through
>> your obstacles. Would anyone like to help set these up
>> and spread the word?
>>
>> 2. The Shoes triathlon. Writing a Shoes app in a day should
>> be easy, given that Shoes programs aren't very long. The
>> triathlon would be to (1) write the app, (2) explain the
>> app in a tutorial form and (3) make a video demoing the
>> app. So, basically, I need help putting this event
>> together, if you it sounds good to you guys.
>>
>> Okay, and how to report bugs, you might wonder? I've started working on
>> the new bug tracker: http://github.com/why/sheila. Until then, just
>> post your bug reports here to the list or send them to my e-mail
>> account.
>>
>> {o}
>> ^
>>
>> If you don't think Shoes is going to succeed or if you think I
>> might quit, maybe look at the github graph: http://github.com/why
>> I've rarely missed a week committing to Shoes. I've said I would
>> dedicate four years to Hackety Hack and I'm one-and-a-half years
>> into that deal.
>>
>> See, this is an impassioned plea for your help! Really, if
>> Shoes is going to be the ultimate platform for beginners, it's
>> got to be ladders beyond what it is today.
>>
>> _why
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