[Spgm-updates] A look at the near future.

[Sylvain P. <syl...@is...>]

Hello everyone,

I am happy to finally get back in touch with you, so you know where
things are.

SPGM 1.4.2 (the latest version available) seems to be a really mature
revision, since no bug reports have been made during its 4-month
lifetime. Only a few changes are consequently on my TODO list for the
next packaging that should be out pretty soon. It will feature the new
Traditional Chinese language pack (thanks to Chan Pak Hing), which
brings the number of translations to an outstanding 27 (I am still
impressed about that) !

The good news is that I am currently working hard on the complete
redesign of SPGM. My developments have almost reached a level where a
beta could be made public. Be sure I will not keep it for me, since I
need your support to test it thoroughly. Some of you have already
manifested the wish to be part of the test phase, and I look forward to
getting feedback from them.

Talking about it, I would like to fire a little poll about the name I
could give to this brand new version... I have come up with 3
alternatives :
- exig (standing for EXtensible Image Gallery, because this time, it
_will_ be extensible ;)
- smig (a recursive acronym for Smig to Manage Image Galleries, the one I
like most)
- spgm 2.0 (simply)
It could even turn into a contest if you guys have some proposals ;)
Please feel free to write me back at spajot AT users DOT sourceforge DOT
net (rather than replying to the whole mailing-list) to let me know
about your thoughts.

Well, you may have understood that I am not that far from discontinuing
support of the current 1.x.x branch, so SPGM 1.4.3 could likely be its
last release.
I will tell you more about it soon.

Cheers.

Sylvain