[OpenSTA-devel] 1.4.4 Release and forward ...

[Daniel S. <da...@Op...>]

This is just a quick mail to let everyone know that there have been a
number of offline discussions and it looks like there may be a small
group of developers with a little spare time to create some activity
towards a better future for OpenSTA. :)

We will be trying to keep future discussions regarding this public
and on this mailing list.

I would like to gather some replies to this mail regarding what
people view as fixes that are essential to include in the 1.4.4
release.  Please remember 1.4 is seen as a stable release series and
therefore radical enhancements or build environment changes will not
be being considered.  I want to get this release out so we can fork
the sources with a 1.4 branch and the CVS HEAD can become 1.5 where
radical enhancements and build environment changes will be encouraged
;)

If you can provide SF bug#s with any suggestions then that would be
great, but if you haven't got time or there isn't yet a bug# then that
is not a problem.  Once I have a list of 'desirables' then I'll
create a summary, maybe put it out on the users list, and we can have
something to work towards.  I shall be replying to this thread with
my own list later this week but wanted to get something out there
now.

Now would also be a good time for anyone who has potential for them
or their company to sponsor a fix, or work towards the release, to
make themselves known.  Obviously the developers involved are more
likely to fix things for free that directly relate to their use of
the tool; and that may be very different to yours, where their work
may need some 'encouragement' ... ;)

Cheers
/dan
-- 
Daniel Sutcliffe <Da...@Op...>
  OpenSTA part-time caretaker - http://OpenSTA.org/