Hi Velociraptor,
The main and only reason behind the poor communication and the delay of our releases is the lack of time. Both Simone and I are working really hard lately, so our free time has become very limited. We are sorry for that but we can't dedicate as much time as we with to RuneAudio. Anyway, we have worked a lot in the latest months in the new version of the system (which is basically a full refactor and will be tagged with a 2.0 version), and we are quite close to a first usable alpha release.
Velociraptor wroteIs there gonna be a 0.4 for my rpi1 ?
We'll skip directly to 2.0 at this point.
Velociraptor wroteWhats the reason for such a closed source, when you actually are open source? Dont be affraid of volumio.
Why are you not using gitlab or githab so you can use the ContinousIntegration and CDelivery which they are building for so many platforms this would benefit your speed in development.
Please check
this post. No closed source at all, we only want to have a stable base before making it public.
Velociraptor wroteI find it sad that there seems no plan or milestone or anything so users could possible imagine that there is progress .... yes you always say there is. Last news post is from May. Last Announcement from Dec '15.
Maybe I would even help if I could but when as a user I cant see any goal than I am not gonna be helping to build this.
In a tradeoff between real development and communication we gave priority to the first one. I agree with you that we need to be more transparent with our progress, but that also requires time that it's currently hard to find for us
Velociraptor wroteAnd it feels strange that the thread with the Donations gets the most love. Of course you are greatfull for the donations but does one need to write this by hand? Maybe an automated Page would be good enough?
I prefer to personally thank each contributor, it feels more human than an automated script. It only takes me a couple of minutes per day, so we think it's worth.
Velociraptor wroteBut man am I disappointed with the communication.
Maybe you could fix this by telling me if there is some central dev info and that I dont need to roam all threads to see actual boundary pushing.
I promise we'll improve this after the release of the 2.0, it's already on our roadmap.
In the meanwhile, anyone who has practical dev skills (PHP, JS, Linux) and wants to help us to deliver this new version as soon as possible, please contact me directly. Thank you for the patience and support.
