A comment on your website content

A couple of years ago, I spent a short while using Cinelerra to produce 
some videos I wanted to make.  Some parts of it had been quite painful, 
and I was therefore extremely interested when the Lumiera project 
started to get underway.

I would occasionally see what progress you had made looking at the wiki 
etc linked from the web site.  Monthly meetings were being held and 
decisions were being taken.

Today, I decided to come looking again.  My immediate thought was that 
the project had stopped and that little if any action seems to have 
occurred. The wiki minutes of the meeting petered out.  It was only 
after I stumbled upon a link to your mailman mailing list that I 
realised that there was recent activity.

Almost immediately I saw the proposal for the new contents of the web 
site.  Can I be so bold as to suggest that one key link on your web site 
should be to the mailing list archives.  It is then possible to quickly 
see that the project is still active, even when you mean to update 
recent news, but somehow never get around to it.

The second point I would make is that the relationship with this 
project, and the state of development of Cinelerra CV needs 
clarification, especially as you make a point of saying that Lumiera is 
not yet usable.  I see many of the posters on the Cinelerra CV list be 
the same names as contributing to Lumiera, so the question is - is 
Cinelerra CV still being maintained (and therefore endorsed by this team 
as what should be used for now). But longer term.  Is it anticipated 
that this project will supercede Cinelerra CV, or will they retain a 
parallel existence.

I hope, as an outsider, you don't mind these comments from me. I am not 
subscribed to the list, so please copy me on any reply you want me to see.

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Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk