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  • From: David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Cauldron is dead
  • Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:14:00 -0500

You should write a wiki page entry about it. So it's official.
David

On 04/01/2011 01:35 AM, flux wrote:
> Long live Cauldron!
>
> After much consideration, I have decided to completely scrap all code on
> Cauldron and start over. You may have noticed that it is purely
> vaporware anyway. Part of the problem with getting it released was the
> lack of assistance in working on it.
>
> The entire component will be recoded in either java or .NET. I'm
> currently leaning towards .NET, pending how things with Oracle's
> takeover of Java plays out. This should encourage more people to
> contribute, and it will guarantee that the installer is architecture
> independent, so it will be far easier to port the ISO to different
> architectures. We'll also get all the nice graphical libraries to boot,
> so we can finally have a GUI installer like everyone has been clamoring
> for.
>
> Regrettably, if you have contributed code to Cauldron in the past, I
> sincerely thank you for your efforts, but they have all been for naught.
> The entire repo will be thrown out to make sure we don't have
> unnecessary cruft and bloat left over in our history.
>
> I'm not putting this up for discussion because, quite frankly, I don't
> have to. I'm the Cauldron Lead. If you don't like it, don't re-elect me
> and ensure whoever replaces me will undo all the new changes. I know
> this won't happen though. I'm absolutely certain everyone will prefer
> having .NET (or java) on the ISO. As an extra upshot, if it's in .NET we
> can lure lots of people over from Windows! Sure it'll be bigger, but
> look at the pretty graphics! Shiny bike!
>
>
>
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