(unknown charset) Re: [BLACKBOX] April 18 , 2014 deadline for Windows 7 fixes

From: (unknown charset) [at]} <Marc>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 04:13:02 +0000

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> … Members of the community then contribute their solutions back to OMI (with perhaps
> a community editor who chooses the best solution). OMI then incorporates that solution
> into the 'official' BlackBox held by OMI for periodic releases.
>
> That should put a minimal workload on OMI's shoulders.
>
> Is that a possibility?

>From the last 8.5 years since the release of BlackBox as open source software we know what it takes to maintain the product as a community project: reviewing contributions, helping to improve them, integration and testing, having the courage to say "no" and to communicate it well, … The list goes on.

Maintaining the level of quality we are used to from earlier releases of BlackBox is not only challenging but requires a lot of dedication and time. Windows 7, as an example, was released 4 years ago and we still have no reliable solution to run BlackBox as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit variant of Windows 7.

We finally have to acknowledge the fact, that we are not even able to keep up with basic maintenance of BlackBox, at least in the "western part" of the community.

Kind regards,
Marc


On Jul 26, 2013, at 11:05 PM, "Douglas G. Danforth" <danforth{([at]})nowhere.xy
 wrote:

> Marc,
>
> How about a compromise.
>
> The phrase "farm out" comes to mind where specific fixes/changes/upgrades are
> posted by the (remnants of ) Oberon Microsystems Inc to the Oberon community.
> Members of the community then contribute their solutions back to OMI (with perhaps
> a community editor who chooses the best solution). OMI then incorporates that solution
> into the 'official' BlackBox held by OMI for periodic releases.
>
> That should put a minimal workload on OMI's shoulders.
>
> Is that a possibility?
>
> -Doug Danforth
>
>
> On 7/26/2013 1:25 AM, Blackbox Support Oberon microsystems AG wrote:
>>> So, considering your message, is it possible for Oberon microsystems for the one last step
>>> to perform the final publication of BlackBox 1.6 (no rc)?
>>>
>> Yes this is possible. We really hope to find some time later this year to put out BlackBox release 1.6 final. But this release will contain only very minimal changes compared to 1.6-rc6. All other corrections and improvements will have to go in future releases driven by the community.
>>
>>
>>> Also, I think it would be right to place official information for BlackBox License (I still could not fully
>>> understand, what it does permit, and what it does not). This step will help the community to develop some plans
>>> about core changes distribution and other associated tasks without any fear of syncronisation loss.
>>>
>> You are right, the current license is complicated. BlackBox 1.6 final will be licensed under the simpler BSD 2-Clause license (http://choosealicense.com/licenses/bsd/
>> ).
>>
>> Thanks and kind regards,
>> Marc
>>
>
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