[Scummvm-devel] Release 1.3.0 status - 2011-05-16

[Willem Jan Palenstijn]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 02:11:53PM +0200, Johannes Schickel wrote:
> > Am 17.05.2011 um 13:22 schrieb Simon Sawatzki:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > > 
> > >> * Win32
> > >> 
> > >> Who is building the port this release now that Kirben is gone?
> > > 
> > > a friend of mine proposed to build the Windows 32 binaries as soon as he
> > > solves the last issue he has with cross-compiling under Linux. He would
> > > also offer to make the nightly builds. However, some more information
> > > would be needed to make the installer.
> > 
> > That's nice... But... Shouldn't we do a proper search for a Win32
> > maintainer? If we need one? A fact that seems evident by now, but so far
> > still has not been confirmed by anybody (e.g. Eugene) who has first hand
> > knowledge?
> > 
> 
> We should. I was only takling about this release here, since I think the
> search for a new maintainer is probably a bit more time consuming than we
> have left till we actually need the release builds being done.

Nothing personal against anyone, and I appreciate the offer for binaries, but
also for this release I think we should aim for someone we know and trust
already for something as high-profile as Windows binaries.

-Willem Jan