From: Dom Lachowicz (doml@appligent.com)
Date: Sat Sep 07 2002 - 01:58:17 EDT
FWIW, all builds are bidi capable now.
http://abiword.pchasm.org/builds/nightly/
Last updated Sept 4, which was probably the last time Win32 worked
before I intentionally slightly broke the tree.
Dom
On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 11:16 PM, Andrew Dunbar wrote:
> I wonder if sombebody has an up-to-date nightly build
> for Windows. I really want to test a new bidi build
> and it must be a complete installer version. I can't
> get .exe only versions to install on the cybercafe
> computers.
>
> Thanks. Andrew Dunbar.
>
>>> On 2002.09.06 13:35 Dom Lachowicz wrote:
>>> Please consider this a 1-month "head's up". I'd
>> like to get 1.1.0 out
>>> the door on Friday October 4, 2002. This will be
>> very much a
>>> "developer's release." This means that:
>>>
>>> * It should be considered unstable (for just about
>> every conceivable
>>> definition of unstable)
>>> * Some features may not be fully implemented or
>> may be buggy
>>> * Some features that will go into 2.0 may not have
>> been started yet and
>>> will evolve with the 1.1.x series
>>> * There will be no string or documentation freeze
>>>
>>> That said, this release should definitely raise
>> some eyebrows in the
>>> community. It will have quite a few good new
>> features, bug fixes,
>>> plugins, and other such updates. It should
>> "reasonably work" for most
>>> people, given some definition of "reasonably". I'd
>> like to set the
>>> baseline at "just about all 1.0.x features should
>> work in 1.1.0".
>>>
>>> Users should be encouraged to try this release,
>> but we should steer
>>> them away from using it in production settings or
>> as their primary WP.
>>> They do so at their own risk, and doing so (to
>> quote EAZen) will
>>> "invoke the wrath of Dom" (whatever that
>> means...). Until the 1.1.x
>>> tree has stabilized substantially, we should
>> strongly advocate using
>>> the 1.0.x series unless there are some dire
>> circumstances forcing a
>>> particular user to upgrade.
>>>
>>> Ideally, this series will generate lots of good
>> bug reports, new
>>> developer interest, patches, and an increase in
>> users, all leading to a
>>> rock-solid and well-endowed 2.0 product.
>>>
>>> The tree will close only for a few hours, if that.
>> Tinderbox must be
>>> green in order to release. Nothing else will be
>> considered
>>> show-stopper. Target platforms: QNX, UNIX/GTK+2,
>> Win32. There will be
>>> no UNIX/GNOME2 port of this release. More news
>> will follow as the
>>> release date draws nearer.
>>>
>>> Thanks and keep up the great work,
>>> Dom
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> A whole series of random thoughts pop up on this
>> one, and probably to early for atleast half of my
>> questions, so, I'll itemize.
>>
>> A) WooHoo! Feel free to let us know what will go in
>> when you make the decisions.
>> B) I will emphasize the "unstable," "developers
>> release, not ready for primetime" and "not to be
>> used where you need it."
>> C) Uwog said "invoke the wrath of dom." I
>> originally said, "*at the risk of invoking the wrath
>> of dom," then changed it to my new favourite running
>> gag, "*at the risk of invoking 'AbiWord II: The
>> Wrath of Dom'."
>> D) Will there be a source option with all plugins
>> included? That would be "boffo good!"
>> E) ACK! GNOME IS DEAD! HE SAID IT AGAIN! (yet, if
>> you're using gtk<anything>, you're using glib...)
>>
>> Look at that, I saved $56 on taxes...so...the
>> government owes me...no, I still owe the
>> government...WHAT!? $64,000!?
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