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[James Sundquist <sundquistjames@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nice, thanks for the update!

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 11:55 AM Yury Dudorov <yury.dudorov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank you for your great project, Jaap. Best wishes for 2021.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 10:47 PM Jaap Karssenberg <
> jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> In this mail I would like to share a project update and an update on
>> donations for the Zim project.
>>
>> As those who are using the development snapshots will be aware, there is
>> quite some work lined up already for a new release. Key features will be UI
>> changes towards a more modern "Gnome 3" look (for better or worse - tastes
>> differ), the ability to edit pages in separate windows, and a fix for not
>> indexing text file attachments as pages (which is long overdue). In the
>> mean time I try to do reasonable frequent "point releases" of the main
>> branch to fix critical bugs. I expect at least one more point release
>> before I can release the features waiting in the development branch. Last
>> few months I had good progress, but unfortunately the Netherlands is in
>> lockdown again due to COVID-19 over the Christmas holiday, so the coming
>> weeks or longer I will be juggling family and work and expect little time
>> left for Zim. But I will manage to do at least critical bug fixes. As a
>> long term plan I now use a list of things I would want to see in a "1.0
>> release" for Zim. The list is available in the GitHub wiki here
>> <https://github.com/zim-desktop-wiki/zim-desktop-wiki/wiki/Planning>.
>>
>> I've also been thinking what to do with the donations that come in. First
>> of all I would like to stress I really appreciate all the donations that
>> come in - I always experience them as a token of gratitude and a direct
>> message that people out there are actually using my application. They also
>> make me feel responsible: first of all to make sure Zim is worthy of those
>> donations, but secondly also in putting the money to good use. At the
>> moment they amount between 500 - 1000 euros per year. Since this is not
>> enough to hire commercial help, I myself do any work on Zim for free, and
>> expenses are limited to webhosting, I don't have a real good use for this
>> money at the moment. Therefore as of this year I will donate any donations
>> beyond a small buffer to the International Red Cross (via the dutch
>> national branch). I'm convinced they will be able to put it to good use and
>> are sufficiently politically neutral. I also believe this will give me
>> personally a better incentive to keep working on Zim, knowing it
>> contributes not only to good open software but also in a small way to more
>> pressing needs.
>>
>> I hope all of you are safe out there and wish you all the best for 2021!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Jaap Karssenberg
>>
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