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[flux <flux AT sourcemage.org>]

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!

-- 
Justin "flux_control" Boffemmyer
Cauldron wizard and general mage
Source Mage GNU/Linux
http://www.sourcemage.org

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