/me registers for Shoes Triathalon.
-tieg
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:32 PM, _why <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
