Nice, thanks for the update! On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 11:55 AM Yury Dudorov <yury.dudo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your great project, Jaap. Best wishes for 2021. > > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 10:47 PM Jaap Karssenberg < > jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> In this mail I would like to share a project update and an update on >> donations for the Zim project. >> >> As those who are using the development snapshots will be aware, there is >> quite some work lined up already for a new release. Key features will be UI >> changes towards a more modern "Gnome 3" look (for better or worse - tastes >> differ), the ability to edit pages in separate windows, and a fix for not >> indexing text file attachments as pages (which is long overdue). In the >> mean time I try to do reasonable frequent "point releases" of the main >> branch to fix critical bugs. I expect at least one more point release >> before I can release the features waiting in the development branch. Last >> few months I had good progress, but unfortunately the Netherlands is in >> lockdown again due to COVID-19 over the Christmas holiday, so the coming >> weeks or longer I will be juggling family and work and expect little time >> left for Zim. But I will manage to do at least critical bug fixes. As a >> long term plan I now use a list of things I would want to see in a "1.0 >> release" for Zim. The list is available in the GitHub wiki here >> <https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/wiki/Planning>. >> >> I've also been thinking what to do with the donations that come in. First >> of all I would like to stress I really appreciate all the donations that >> come in - I always experience them as a token of gratitude and a direct >> message that people out there are actually using my application. They also >> make me feel responsible: first of all to make sure Zim is worthy of those >> donations, but secondly also in putting the money to good use. At the >> moment they amount between 500 - 1000 euros per year. Since this is not >> enough to hire commercial help, I myself do any work on Zim for free, and >> expenses are limited to webhosting, I don't have a real good use for this >> money at the moment. Therefore as of this year I will donate any donations >> beyond a small buffer to the International Red Cross (via the dutch >> national branch). I'm convinced they will be able to put it to good use and >> are sufficiently politically neutral. I also believe this will give me >> personally a better incentive to keep working on Zim, knowing it >> contributes not only to good open software but also in a small way to more >> pressing needs. >> >> I hope all of you are safe out there and wish you all the best for 2021! >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Jaap Karssenberg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > -- > Best regards, > Yury Dudorov > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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