Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:23:08 +0200
From: emmanuel(a)engelhart.org
To: offline-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
CC: abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Offline-l] [KIWIX] 0.9 beta1 for Win/Mac/Linux is out!
Difficult to give an answer. I know they are a few
things I want
absolutely to be fixed and part of them are not so trivial. So I would
say: we do our best to release 0.9 final version ASAP.
I'm not a tech guy, but
I totally understand that there might be some bugs that you may need to rectify.
I think, for you, as the end user, the most important
is that it does
what you want, and I think Kiwix 0.9 branch still works pretty good.
By Kiwix 0.9
branch, you mean the version that we used in Kenya? I was working with Jessie from the
Foundation to create a separate version with some Kenyan topics in it. The list of topics
are here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools….
It would be great if we would get these topics in, since I doubt that there will be a
major difference in the Zanzibari syllabus with that of the Kenyan syllabus. > For an
official department I understand they need a little bit more
guaranty about the software. My answer would be :
(1) we are open to any structured project with concrete aims, timeline, ...
I
totally agree with you. I have also suggested a meeting with the Zanzibari folks so that
we can discuss these project details thoroughly.
(2) if they want a professional support contract, this
is also possible.
What do you mean by ''professional support
contract''?
Abbas, hope to see you in Haifa. If you want, we could
speak more in
details about your needs.
Oh, I'm sorry i wouldn't be coming to Wikimania this year :(
Sincerely
Abbas.