Health first, Eric.:D Still, glad to hear an update. w On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 4:17:41 AM UTC+2, Eric Shulman wrote: > > First, allow me to offer my profound apologies to Yakov (and the entire > TiddlyWiki community) for not responding sooner. > > As you've no doubt noticed, while I've continued to answer questions > online (via GoogleGroups as well as private emails), my recent overall > level of effort on behalf of the TiddlyWiki community has not been like was > in past years. Unfortunately, I've been struggling with some long-term > chronic medical problems and this has been, as you can imagine, a major > distraction from my work on TiddlyWiki, as well as having a serious impact > on my already tenuous financial situation as a self-employed consultant. > > As a result, most of my time is spent pre-occupied with trying to get > healthy while keeping ahead of the bills, and haven't been able to put as > much focus on TiddlyWiki development as I would like. Regrettably, and > despite my best intentions, I have not published an update to the > TiddlyWiki Classic core code in nearly a year, and several 'fixes' and code > enhancements to the TWCore that were submitted months ago as "pull > requests" to github are not yet incorporated into a published TiddlyWiki > Classic release build. > > While this may give the impression that all development on TiddlyWiki > Classic has ended, I want to assure you that this was not, and is not, the > plan. Although TiddlyWiki 5 development is at the forefront of > TiddlyWiki's growing future, TiddlyWiki Classic still provides a rich > "ecosystem" of plugins and customizations that offers a significant value > to many people, and the current TiddlyWiki user community will undoubtedly > make use of their existing TiddlyWiki documents for quite a long time. > > It continues to be my intention, regardless of my personal situation, to > provide ongoing support as well as periodic updates and enhancements to the > TiddlyWiki Classic core code for as long as needed. Of course, while this > is all well and good, what is needed in the immediate short-term is a > specific plan for getting an update to the TiddlyWiki Classic core > published as soon as possible. > > To achieve this and help me get back "up to speed" quickly, I would like > the active assistance of as many people as possible to help me review and > prioritize the existing github pull requests, as well as any additional > changes that they feel should be submitted for the next TWCore update. > Ideally, this should take no more than a few days, perhaps a week. > > Once that is done, I can start incorporating those changes into the TWCore > code base and then build/post a beta-test version so that the updates can > be confirmed as "safe and stable" for release. If that can be accomplished > quickly (within the next few weeks) and there are no "show stopper" > problems along the way, I should be able to publish an official update > (TW2.8.2) sometime in July. > > Following that, we should begin focus on the *next* update, so that we can > establish a clear plan and schedule so that the TiddlyWiki community knows > what they can expect in the future. > > Again, my heartfelt apologies for having 'dropped the ball'. I greatly > appreciate your patience and understanding... now, let's get things going! > > Much thanks, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios > > YOUR DONATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT! > HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... > http://TiddlyTools.github.com/fundraising.html#MakeADonation > > Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... > Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact >
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