Quiet releases and moving on

Two weeks ago, we slipped out an update release of Talks, nervously holding our breaths in case we had missed something we'd broken and an avalanche of upset users would descend on us, and ... nothing. Not a murmur. There were neither boos nor cheers. This small maintenance update, our first tentative steps at changing this software we inherited, had the ultimate success of nobody even noticing.

We saved the bigger changes we've been making -- such as the ongoing upgrade from an old version of Rails to something closer to current -- for a later release when we'd be feeling braver. So larger changes are to come, and new features will arrive that might yet stir a cheer.

But, and this is the other half of this post, it'll be someone else's ear that hears that cheer, as I have now moved on from Talks to a new role in Australia. Talks and EGRET are in the safe and capable hands of Laura, Raymond, and the steering group, and no doubt great things are around the corner. Best regards, and farewell.