Linux.com: Kino 1.0 Release Marks Shift into Maintenance Mode
Mar 23, 2007, 12:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)
"A few weeks ago, the Kino video editor finally hit 1.0, which
is usually a positive milestone that heralds a new era in an
application's development. However, Kino developer Dan Dennedy says
that he is done working on Kino's functionality for at least a
year, and work toward another major release will not happen 'for at
least a year' unless someone else steps up to fork the application.
However, Dennedy says he sees good things ahead for kdenlive, a
non-linear video editor for KDE.
"According to Dennedy, Kino will be in a minimal maintenance
mode. 'Since an architecture freeze took place over two years ago,
one can argue it has been in maintenance mode ever since. However,
features and functionality did change to make it more well-rounded
and fill gaps within the constraints of the architecture. Now, all
functionality is frozen, and I will only address the most critical
of bugs...'"
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