Delay :-(

I'm sad to report that the release of Giocoso 3.30 is on-hold for a few more days and the hoped-for release date of 27th February will be missed. It's mostly pointless to propose another date at this stage, since it depends on my floor getting done and walls re-painted, so it's in the hands of others, not me. But I'd guess I will be able to release no later than 10th March. We'll see, anyway.

The issues triggering the delay are not serious: it's really just a late round of testing that has revealed the need for a little more 'polish' and a decision by me to rebuild my virtual server farm onto new hardware in order to do that testing ...and rebuilding virtual machines for all the distros I need handy takes a lot of time. [...] 

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Progress Report & Merch!

Anyone wanting a Giocoso-themed coffeee/tea cup is now welcome to get one. Every mug purchase made by clicking that link yields me a £1 commission, which helps pay this web server's electricity bills! It's just a bit of fun, really; but if enough people asked, I can get organised to do t-shirts, too. The mug is a typical size, fits in the hand nicely and has the new Giocoso logo all over it! It's been tested in the microwave and dishwasher, so it's pretty robust. Make of it what you will, anyway!

Perhaps more importantly, Giocoso 3.30 itself moves ever-closer to release. In particular: [...] 

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