Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 23:52:00 -0400 To: htdig@htdig.org From: Geoff Hutchison <ghutchis@wso.williams.edu> Subject: State of the Project Hi, For those of you who remember, back on January 1, I sent out a message about what I hoped we'd see for ht://Dig this year. It's not yet June 1, but we're essentially half-way through and I wanted to give a "quick" summary of where we've been and where I hope will go in the next six months. * htdig-3.1.2: This is the latest stable version of 3.1.2. AFAIK, it's completely Y2K compliant, but then as I mention in the FAQ, the GPL, our license doesn't give a warranty either. It's also nice and stable and will probably be the current release for a while, so we obviously suggest upgrading if you haven't already. * Mailing lists: We moved our mailing lists to the new htdig.org server. We had some difficulty with the list software, but everything seems relatively happy now. Are there any you think we should add? Any complaints? * Website/Logo Contest: The logo contest is officially over and the developers will vote shortly. We'll then begin redesigning the website. Feedback is welcome if there are elements of the website and/or documentation that need work. I feel like there are many requests for information in the documentation. Does this mean it's hard to find what you're looking for? * Contributions: The new contributed work section is really doing well. I hope people are finding it useful, but we've had several new submissions and it seems to be getting plenty of hits. Of course we could use more contributions for graphics, templates and guides. Someone mentioned a "ht://Dig for Dummies" introduction. It's been a long time, so I don't remember what's difficult and what's not. Anyone willing to take a stab? * Development: I outlined development progress more in a long-winded e-mail to the htdig3-dev list. To sum up, the 3.2. release is progressing, if slowly. On the plus side, everything we'd like to do seems to have a rough outline for implementation. * Conference: Response to the conference seems good. For those who haven't seen the announcement, there will be a conference on ht://Dig, considering development, use and applications. For more info, see http://dev.htdig.org/conference.html And, of course, suggestions and feedback are welcome. Remember, the point of free software is that the user community helps to improve the project. That goes beyond just coding too! Nothing is ever perfect, so let's keep improving! -Geoff Hutchison Williams Students Online http://wso.williams.edu/