Re: [Gimp-developer] Forwarding bugfix release request we received on GNOME board list

[philip chimento gmail com]

Hi Jehan,

Thanks. I'm glad to hear you have been in contact with this contributor.

Just to avoid any confusion, I have no comments on the GIMP release
schedule and no wish to interfere :-) I just wanted to make sure that the
contributor's message got to the right person, since it's better that they
discuss a possible release with you and not the GNOME board.

Thanks,
Philip

On Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 17:57 Jehan Pagès, <jehan marmottard gmail com> wrote:

> Hello Philip,
>
> We are in contact with this person (since this team does indeed the
> Marathi translation, and I even helped them to get started as there was no
> active Marathi coordinator so their initial contributions were stuck) and
> were even aware of this specific request for a release (dating from January
> as your email shows).
>
> Back in January, I told Dr. Snehalata Shirude that we were hoping to do a
> release soon, which unfortunately didn't happen in the end for various
> reasons. We are still planning a release very very soon, though I cannot
> say an exact date (same as I couldn't back then).
>
> In any case, I am sorry to tell we cannot answer to requests for release.
> It's done when it's done. Such is the saying. :-)
>
> I am the first to hope we could have even more releases (though I don't
> think we are too bad with 5 release since last April). Yet things are so
> that we don't have the resources, neither have we the intention to speed up
> things just because a university (or anyone/anything) uses GIMP, even
> though it is very cool. I'm sure you understand as I doubt that GNOME would
> speed up its release as well if it were to receive the same request, right?
> :-)
>
> Still thanks for relaying.
> Have a good Sunday!
>
> Jehan
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 7:06 PM philip.chimento--- via gimp-developer-list
> <gimp-developer-list gnome org> wrote:
>
> > Hi GIMP developers!
> >
> > On the GNOME board list we received a request from a university that is
> > using GIMP to teach a course. They would appreciate a bugfix release with
> > updated Marathi translations that, as far as I could tell from looking at
> > the commit log, have already been contributed by the requester and
> > committed.
> >
> > I don't know what your release schedule is, and I would not presume to
> > interfere in it, but I would just like to make you aware of the request.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Philip Chimento
> > GNOME Board of Directors
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Snehalata Shirude <snehalata shirude gmail com>
> > Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:50 PM
> > Subject: Invitation ...
> > To: <board-list gnome org>
> > [...]
> > Further it is very kind request to you to please release the GIMP with new
> > translations of Marathi before start of our course. This will allow
> > participants of the course to download the GIMP and use it for practice in
> > Marathi on their machines easily.
> > [...]
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