Today is a sad day for anybody who uses Galleon. Leon Nicholls (the developer of Galleon) has put together a post on his blog which talks about the state of HME and why he has decided to reduce his development time on Galleon!
…So, I’m sad to announce that I’ve decided to reduce my development efforts on the project. I might still release some bug fixes, but these won’t be as frequent as the releases in the past. I also don’t have any plans on adding any additional functionality to Galleon. I’ve decided to rather spend my time on other interesting technologies and open source projects.
This is definitely a sad day for all you Galleon fans. Maybe we could put together some kind of fundraiser or paypal tip jar in order to encourage Leon to continue developing Galleon at the rate he has?
Leon already has a donation system that can be found on the front page of his site. I plan on going there now and making a small donation. You should do the same. Maybe just maybe we can encourage him to continue adding new features to Galleon!
That would be great to provide more donations….or would someone else like to take the helm?
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