Ditto with PocketSword, if we're that close to a release... :) Sent from my phone, hence this email may be short...
> On 21 Mar 2015, at 00:44, Chris Burrell <christopher.burr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Happy to test it on step but would need module > From: DM Smith > Sent: 20/03/2015 13:40 > To: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] NASB? > > I had to make changes in JSword to accommodate the NASB. It is checked in. It > works properly for Bible Desktop. I don’t know if it has been incorporated > into AndBible or STEP. > > I’m readying a release for Bible Desktop. Hope to have the nightly builds > running again soon. Then a limited beta with those. Followed by an official > beta. (I’ve about a dozen places that the av11n is not right, still assuming > KJV.) > > Last I looked, we have about 3K downloads of Bible Desktop a month from the > CrossWire server. Haven’t looked recently. This is nothing compared to > AndBible. > > Part of the process is to change how I develop so that I don’t have changes > that preclude more frequent releases. (That’s a different discussion.) > > — DM > > >> On Mar 20, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Troy A. Griffitts <scr...@crosswire.org> wrote: >> >> Thank you for your concern Jon; it is understandable given the time to >> release for this module. The mandate was simply that we test on the major >> filter variations of SWORD and one JSword app before release. >> >>> On 03/20/2015 03:43 AM, Jonathan Morgan wrote: >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> The last version I saw worked with BPBible, but that was a few years ago. >>> You are correct on av11n though - if NASB's now using av11n then even NRSV >>> (?) versification gives odd results in BPBible once you get into Revelation. >>> >>> My view on that is the same as my view on BibleDesktop - there comes a time >>> when the cost of stopping people using a module outweighs the benefits of >>> waiting till every app handles it nicely. >>> I would have been disappointed if lots of existing modules were reissued >>> with av11n six months or a year after the av11n release and a number of >>> apps weren't ready. >>> However, now we're years afterwards. I'm still disappointed, but the >>> disappointment is more not being able to get time to make BPBible support >>> it. >>> CrossWire has to be able to move on without being held back too long by all >>> the existing apps, otherwise people will be missing out on new >>> functionality. >>> >>> Jon >>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Peter Von Kaehne >>>> <ref...@gmx.net> wrote: >>>> FWIW, I would think, it won't work properly with >>>> BpBible either, until BpBible implements av11n. >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> Gesendet: Freitag, 20. März 2015 um 09:54 Uhr >>>> Von: "Jonathan Morgan" <jonmmor...@gmail.com> >>>> An: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel@crosswire.org> >>>> Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] NASB? >>>> Hi Greg/Troy, >>>> >>>> >From the point of view of an outsider to the decision making process, I'm >>>> >concerned that you are preventing access by the many for the benefit of >>>> >the few. >>>> Of course, I don't know the exact time-frames we're talking here. If it's >>>> a case of an extra few months on top of a process which has lasted years >>>> it would be reasonable. >>>> If it ends up much longer, then I think the cost to users of other >>>> frontends is much greater than the benefit of this policy. >>>> This particularly applies as (as I understand it) the NASB will be a "for >>>> sale" module which could have a clear disclaimer "this will not work >>>> properly with BibleDesktop" and probably won't be immediately available >>>> for sale the day you sign off on it (I find Greg's "the next step in the >>>> process" comment ominous). >>>> >>>> Jon >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> I'm waiting on DM to release the new version of BibleDesktop which has >>>>> several style handling improvements utilized by the NASB. Troy has >>>>> mandated that the module appear properly in the main desktop >>>>> applications, and that's the last one to come into line. >>>>> >>>>> Once that's done, then we can move on to the next step in the process. >>>>> >>>>> --Greg >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 7:28 AM, David Haslam <dfh...@googlemail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > Greg Hellings took up the NASB project. >>>>> > >>>>> > David >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > View this message in context: >>>>> > http://sword-dev.350566.n4.nabble.com/NASB-tp4654673p4654681.html >>>>> > Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>>> > >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >>>>> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>>>> > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >>>>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>>>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >>>> _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: >>>> sword-devel@crosswire.org >>>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to >>>> unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >>>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >> >> _______________________________________________ >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
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