On 24/07/2011 12:08, Abbas Mahmood wrote:
I am in talks with the Ministry of Education in Zanzibar and they have shown some interest in the Zanzibari schools using the offline Wikipedia. Most probably, they might want be to go and install the offline Wikipedia in their schools in September. That being said, is it possible for you guys to release the final version by then? BTW, since they are Swahili speakers, we'll also use the Swahili version. I understand that it may be difficult for you to push the release date forward, so if you think that it's not possible to do so; it's fine with me :)
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 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.
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, ... (2) if they want a professional support contract, this is also possible.
Abbas, hope to see you in Haifa. If you want, we could speak more in details about your needs.
Regards Emmanuel