[sword-devel] BibleCS Beta

[Troy A. Griffitts]

DM,
	You didn't play nice and pick a) or b) :)

	So you'd like to wait until after summer for a release, but you'd like 
a beta for list members to play with in the mean time?

	-Troy.



DM Smith wrote:
> I suggest a beta today and a release when it is ready. I think it makes 
> sense to take time to address the "bugs" reported in Jira.
> 
> Enjoy your class and time abroad!
> 
> Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> 
>> I have good and bad news.  I've been accepted to attend a summer class 
>> overseas, during June 16-Aug 5.  I am not planning any more work on 
>> BibleCS before I leave.
>>
>> I'd like to hear some requests regarding peoples desires for BibleCS 
>> during this timeframe.
>>
>> New features currently:
>>
>>     Build against 1.5.8 engine (previous release is against 1.5.6)
>>     Added indexed search support.
>>     Added UTF-8 i18n support in UI.
>>     Probably some bug fixes along the way.
>>
>> We can:
>>     a) release a beta tonight and a final in a week (if nothing major 
>> is broken).
>>     b) wait until after the summer and add more features then.
>>
>>
>> The down side of releasing now is that it's been a long time between 
>> BibleCS releases, and it might be a discouragement to people when they 
>> only see the above changes after such a long time.  They usually won't 
>> notice the changes from the engine update, except that it will allow 
>> them to view newer modules, like the upcoming NASB-- but they probably 
>> would have never know that they couldn't have viewed it with the 
>> previous release.
>>
>>     Looking forward to hearing what you think,
>>
>>         -Troy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> DM Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Troy,
>>>   It has been some time since you posted a beta of BibleCS. Will you 
>>> be putting together another beta based on the released 1.5.8 Sword 
>>> API? As JSword is just about ready for a 1.0 release, I'd be glad to 
>>> do some testing.
>>> DM
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