Hi Ichthyostega, Thanks for your words, I know what you are trying to tell me. Perhaps, I explain wrong. I try with an example:
- 2006: Cinelerra-HV 2.1 - 2006: Cinelerra-CV 2.1 (merge Cin-HV 2.1) - 2009: Cinelerra-HV 4.1 - 2009: Cinelerra-SV 2.1 (why not merge into Cin-CV 2.2??) - 2009: Cinecuttie 1.0 (why not merge into Cin-CV 2.3??) Who decided what to merge into CV? If people like Simon or Paolo have done a great work, why not to commit it into CV? Please, don't intend this like a criticism, all devs work is huge worth for me. Behave yourselves 8-P 2010/5/24 Ichthyostega <[email protected]> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Artenaut End of world, > > > Behave yourselves. > :-D > > > Why so many cinelerras? Is not a good idea to merge all versions? > > Indeed, that would be an extremely good idea. Unfortunately this requires > an volunteer to do the work of merging. When was Cinelerra-4-HV released? > Since then we again and again hear on the mailinglist that it "should" > be merged into the Cin-CV-2.1 tree. Now, that's not an herculean task, > but it *is* some work. The last merge the community did was for > 2.0 -> 2.1. At that time, 2 or 3 devs where working on it to sort out > all individual changes (and especially collisions). Obviously, they > where using their spare time, so it can't be easily quantised into > "man days", but the whole effort lasted about 1-2 months. > > But that was a different time. Meanwhile, most of the active Cinelerra-CV > devs have either retired, working on different projects or focussed on > other > areas of interest, like the "real life" ;-) > > Btw, all the special versions you mention (aside from the "stock" versions) > stem from some volunteer extensions and started improvements. But, as you > noted, the main problem with "behaving ourselves" is that it requires a > constant contribution, even when this contribution isn't fun. > > I am writing here in a slightly ironical tone, btw. Actually this whole > situation shows us just that people seem to have not so much spare time to > dedicate on a continuous base. Maybe it also shows us, that just keeping > Cinelerra up-to-date, in itself doesn't create a strong enough "power > field" > to attract a host of volunteers ;-) > > Cheers, > Hermann V. > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkv6EqcACgkQZbZrB6HelLKYTACeMi3or3luwzJHzvzJn29Bpuh4 > SPoAoLM7NYBdfxbvL/JN0Ft6vYL4YdlK > =YdK1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra >
