Congratulation! Great news, indeed!
Bo Peng wrote: > Dear list, > > After some private discussions, Uwe has agreed to work with me, and > potentially Christian and Joost to merge the two installers. We plan > to proceed like this: > > 1. Uwe upload his installer to the trunk (he has already done so) Does this mean files all but this in Win32/packaging/install are Joost's? > 2. I (and Christian?) will study both installers, figuring out > differences in features and implementations. Newbie questions will be > sent to Joost and Uwe. This will last for two weeks or longer. Which files have to be merged? > > 3. After we all get familiar with both code bases, a series of > decisions regarding how to merge the two installers will be made, of > course after public discussions. We may use one or two scripts to > maintain the minimal and bundled installer, we may replace > obscure-to-newbies code from the official installer with Uwe's if > Joost can not show us the advantages of using more advanced > techniques. (Joost, we need your help (and you need to defend your > code)! ) > > 4. Two installers will eventually be merged. Without four (at least > two?) developers, we expect this to be done before the release of > 1.5.0. Who knows how long it will take until the release... > > In summary, an installer team is formed to work on a single official > installer, which will be official by JMarc's definition. > > Cheers, > Bo >
