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Nearterm AVTS 4.x roadmap
- To: <support@gesn.com>
- Subject: Nearterm AVTS 4.x roadmap
- From: "Ken Clark" <ken@gesn.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:39:02 -0800
- Importance: Normal
The California declared/nondeclared
bug reported by Knecht is going to require a major version number change to
fix. Unfortunately the ballot station currently has no concept of Voter
Group 2. This will require a change in the database format (to store vg2)
and a change in the protocol (to transfer vg2). We were about to release
AVTS 4.2 with mp3 compressed audio. This release will have to be pushed
back to make room for the California changes.
Strictly adhering to
our release policies, the California change should also require a
major version number bump to GEMS (because of the protocol change). We
can't reasonably expect all of California to upgrade to 1.18 this late in the
game though, so we'll slip the change into GEMS 1.17.21 and declare this a
bug rather than a new feature. What good are rules unless you can bend
them now and again.
In
summary:
AVTS 4.1 will
continue with the minor enhancements requested by Florida. Once we have
the Florida certification paper, we can declare the 4.1 branch pretty much
dead.
AVTS 4.2 will be
released soon (hopefully tomorrow). It will address the California VG2
issue. CA will need to run this version in the March primary, along with
GEMS 1.17.21.
AVTS 4.3 will be
released later this week. It will have support for MP3 compressed audio
and Windows CE version 3.0.
As always, all
features will be merged forward. So, 4.3 will (eventually) contain the 4.1
changes made for Florida. Keep a close eye on the readme
files.
Ken