> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:23:08 +0200
> From: emmanuel@engelhart.org
> To: offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> CC: abbasjnr@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Offline-l] [KIWIX] 0.9 beta1 for Win/Mac/Linux is out!

> Difficult to give an answer. I know they are a few things I want
> absolutely to be fixed and part of them are not so trivial. So I would
> say: we do our best to release 0.9 final version ASAP.

I'm not a tech guy, but I totally understand that there might be some bugs that you may need to rectify.

 
> I think, for you, as the end user, the most important is that it does
> what you want, and I think Kiwix 0.9 branch still works pretty good.

By Kiwix 0.9 branch, you mean the version that we used in Kenya? I was working with Jessie from the Foundation to create a separate version with some Kenyan topics in it. The list of topics are here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Content_Development/Schools/Kenyan_Topics. It would be great if we would get these topics in, since I doubt that there will be a major difference in the Zanzibari syllabus with that of the Kenyan syllabus.

 

> For an official department I understand they need a little bit more
> guaranty about the software. My answer would be :
> (1) we are open to any structured project with concrete aims, timeline, ...

I totally agree with you. I have also suggested a meeting with the Zanzibari folks so that we can discuss these project details thoroughly.

> (2) if they want a professional support contract, this is also possible.

What do you mean by ''professional support contract''?

> Abbas, hope to see you in Haifa. If you want, we could speak more in
> details about your needs.

Oh, I'm sorry i wouldn't be coming to Wikimania this year :(

Sincerely

Abbas.