OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - General > Events
User Meeting Cologne November, 5th 2022 confirmed
nyao:
Very, very simple.
Why do we have ver5.0.7 which should not exist?
If the release is delayed, just give us the right information.
If it were me, I would say, "Sorry for the delay. Please wait a little longer. :P
Lewis Rosenthal:
Very, very simple:
5.0.7 (like 5.0.8 and possibly 5.0.9, 5.0.10, 5.0.20) is a fix rollup for ArcaOS 5.0. Who said it should not exist? People who paid for 5.0 support should get just that: 5.0 support.
If you watched and listened to my roadmap presentations and read the disclaimer slide (which is present in every single one of these I do), you would note that dates are approximate targets and never stated expectations of delivery. The work takes however long it takes to get a professional, commercial product to release. Without a crystal ball, there's no way to know how long that might be.
5.1 is not "delayed." It's simply not finished. There's a HUGE difference between those two states. "Delayed" implies that it was ready for release but had to be put on hold for some reason (like holding the countdown for a rocket on the launchpad). "Not finished" means just that: the rocket is not yet complete and ready for launch. We haven't even moved it to the launchpad. In fact, it's still in the hangar, being assembled.
Please be patient. 5.1 is coming soon. Really. We are literally down to documentation and last minute finishing and updating our delivery system to support spinning 5.0 and 5.1 ISOs, as well as 5.1 ISOs in various languages.
Martin Iturbide:
Hi
I know that Lewis and Arca Noae does not need a cheerleader, but since I'm on the ArcaOS tester mailing list, (and even that I don't contribuite much) I think that releasing 5.1 had been a hell of job. All the details and things that UEFI requires was too much for me to just to follow. Also, the translations efforts are a tedious thing. I tried to collaborate on the spanish version, but it was too much for me too. (I just left Alfredo with it, and he is doing a great job).
I'm really happy that version 5.1 can be released soon, and I'm exited that finally Arca Noae will reach the point to have ArcaOS running on UEFI and GTP drives. I hope that the strategy of "keeping OS/2 running on modern hardware" will fall short after some months of releasing 5.1 and I'm hoping that a new strategy will emerge about "Updating OS/2 and modernizing the OS with more libraries, software and improved UI".
I'm looking forward to create the "ArcaOS 5.1 First Impression" thread on this forum, once it is released.
Regards
Lewis Rosenthal:
;)
Please read "keeping OS/2 running" as "keeping OS/2 running and continuing to improve the user experience." (I didn't think the second part was necessary, but I should have stated it directly. Mea culpa.)
Edit: And thanks for your kind words and acknowledgement of the enormity of the task of getting ArcaOS booting and installing on UEFI, as well as being able to make use of GPT devices, my friend.
Sigurd Fastenrath:
Back to the topic:
It will definetly be the last OS/2 User Meeting in Cologne.
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