Hey, I've been trying out the PAM 1.6 beta and I like what I see but I was wondering how it was coming along as far as official release? I AM NOT asking for a timeline. I know better than that. I was looking more for an answer along the lines of "it's about x% done" or "it's in final bugtesting" or "we have 2 or 3 more things we haven't gotten in yet" or something like that. I'm just curious how it's progressing, especially after reading about John's meetings with the different flash drive companies and him saying that they wanted some specific features and such. Again, I don't want to know when it will be done, I was just wanting to know where it is right now. Thanks 
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July 8, 2009 - 4:10pm
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Progress on PAM 1.6
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There was supposed to be a test release on Wednesday.
However it is now Thursday so don't hold your breath.
The backup and restore translations have been completed and both utilities have been compiled and digitally signed. The seven different color themes are complete. The final bugs with the 1.6 PR0 release have been ironed out (now always-on-top, refresh always works, move to top is now favorite, tray tooltip will remember to always show, etc). The updater now properly works in both add and update mode with all SourceForge mirrors with all currently hosted apps and will automatically install all apps in the current installer format (skipping the welcome, finish and directory selection pages and automatically using the same options as the existing install going forward like english vs multilingual).
I'm currently adding the translations into the platform and the updater. Then I'll be checking them all functionally and then updating the platform installer and releasing it. I'm guessing about 4 or 5 more hours, but sometime before midnight NY time.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I'll try again tomorrow then John. I'm on UK time and it's nearly midnight here so i'm off to bed.
Thanks for the update.
Hooray! It's almost like Christmas in July
*Camps out on the homepage refreshing every 2 minutes..."
Quamquam omniam nescio, nec nihil scio.
Coombyah John Haller.. Coombyah = D
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*gets marshmallows and flash drives*
Good job JTH!
Use the search box! Please!
Hold the marshmallows, looks like there's been a delay.
John's probably fallen asleep working so hard!!!!
There was a special pre-pre-release given out to everyone who was in the IRC chat room at midnight. It pays to stick around
I'm finishing up the actual pre-release now.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
THX for all the work!
Paid for Software more or less?
What You need is OSS!
Dang, I need to start using IRC! Of course that would mean I also need to figure out how to use it on Pidgin...
Quamquam omniam nescio, nec nihil scio.
Pidgin is teh suck for IRC. Use this for greatness: https://portableapps.com/node/18626
KVIRC is about 4 times as big, has way more configuration than I will ever need, and besides, Pidgin handles ALL of my IM needs. Not gonna get into a "which is better" argument here, but Pidgin is far better for my needs, now that I've *almost* figured out how to use it.
Quamquam omniam nescio, nec nihil scio.
Ah well it's Saturday now and still no sign of the new release.
Good job I didn't hold my breath waiting for it.
(I'm sure it must be a cliché by now!)
It'll come sometime. And the version may not be 1.6, either...
I am a Christian and a developer and moderator here.
“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” – Proverbs 15:1
Did John Carmack (of id software) coin that phrase, or is it, as I suspect, far older?
*wishes he'd figured out IRC sooner*
I was online when John Pre-pre-released it, but not on IRC...
*sheds a single tear*
Quamquam omniam nescio, nec nihil scio.
*Hint*
Check the IRC log
Thanks
Quamquam omniam nescio, nec nihil scio.
But is that something that anybody can do, or only developers? And do you need to use IRC itself to do it? IRC is blocked here.
IRC logs are available here: http://patrickpatience.com/nascent-project/portableapps/irc/logs/
Although if you want the time and date you'll have to hunting for it yourself
Note: John took down the download, probably because of people actually talking about the logs.
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake,
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
I took it down because of this:
https://portableapps.com/node/20013
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Yay
Thanks John!
Quamquam omniam nescio, nec nihil scio.