UPDATE FROM MABULA
I have had a very rough 2 months unfortunately health wise. I was struck 3x in a row with bacterial infections. The second infection occurred after a routine hospital checkup and I became very sick. I had to rest and take a lot of antibiotics. Once I was recovering and restarting work 1 month ago, I again became sick. The infection was not yet gone, so even more antibiotics and rest was needed. Needless to say, it took a lot of my energy and I needed a lot of rest.
Finally, the infection is really gone and my energy is coming back step-by-step now and I have started work again. I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for support. I will address all outstanding questions and e-mails step-by step and will be on the forum daily from today.
APP 2.0.0-beta47 will come soon as well, a lot of work was already completed before I became very ill, so the release is also nearly ready for you. Beta47 will be much faster actually. Many workflows will be more than 2x faster, mosaics can even be 10x faster than before because registration really received a major boost... all compared to beta46. Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Hello
I see the latest beta is almost 7 months-old. I'm worried that the software is no longer maintained.
My renter license is about to expire, in a couple of weeks from now. What will happen then if I pay for the renewal? Will I get new codes immediately after like in the past?
Has anyone renewed lately (say last month or so) and received their codes?
Thanks in advance.
KR
Rodolphe
Hi, this is the essential question ...
Hi, this is the essential question ...
It is still alive, but sometimes it takes a while between releases (I think we have gone longer than this) and sometimes betas come out very fast to fix bugs discovered in a previous beta. @Mabula-Admin is probably working on some of the more difficult portions of the next APP beta or even full release.
But these are just unconfirmed assumptions. In this way, we can speculate for years because we all would like it to be true. Why doesn't @Mabula or anyone from his team speak up?
My renter license is about to expire, in a couple of weeks from now. What will happen then if I pay for the renewal? Will I get new codes immediately after like in the past?
Has anyone renewed lately (say last month or so) and received their codes?
I renewed my renters license in August. The codes came within minutes of renewal and I was back in business.
Bob
Thanks Bob, glad to hear it.
I’m not worried about betas staying in this state for month, but much more by paying for a worthless license!
A simple status update from Mabula could eliminate a lot of angst. And it would make good business sense.
Where is Mabula? What is happening with APP? Where is the promised manual? When will we see 2.0.0 stable? Why so long since last update? Why not spend 30 minutes to drop an update message on the forum?
So many good questions.
On facebook I found his account and dropped a message. But as expected - no answer. His last post there was some private holiday-stuff June 2024 from Portugal.
Ok, I just renewed the renter licence and received the new codes a few seconds afterwards.
Pfewww!
I am also concerned that the latest beta is months-old and am worried that the software is no longer maintained. A quick A simple status update from Mabula is in order to ease concerns - this only makes geed business sense as prospective customers are going to be concerned about software that is in Beta 29 with months of silence on development. I realized that perhaps Mabula is the only individual working on development; but it is crucial to keep your customer base informed - especially if there is a need to renew a license.
Thanks for listening to and addressing these concerns.
Similar concern from me, due to renew soon. There's also a question on how the licensing works. Will licenses be valid if the server goes offline?
It's great to say Mabula is probably doing this, probably doing that. Meanwhile, Mabula's profile shows he definitely went from quite active to completely inactive on these forums.
I think the licese renewal is automated by scripts and a database. Mabula might have given up on this project, but he would be silly to shut down this self-running cash-cow he created.
Hi all @walsc, @davidazus, @prbrandy, @rodolgo, @wjaincbr, @szumi, @bobharmony, @mizar, @imnewhere
Thank you all for your concerns. First of all, Astro Pixel Processor is still alive, I am perfectly fine and I will soon provide a new update again. I will address all questions on the forum as well in the coming days.
I sincerly apologize to all of you for keeping you in the dark. I will make a sticky post to explain what happened and how we will go forward.
Kind regards,
Mabula
... I will make a sticky post today to explain what happened and how we will go forward.
Nobody wants to put pressure on you. But the whole community is waiting. 😉
Hi all, thank you all for your nice messages. We will get up to speed quickly in the coming days 🙂 I promise !
Mabula
I was 100% sure that there were outside factors contributing to the lack of updates the past year. APP still works great for me, but it was really reassuring to hear that it is still being worked on and improved. I think the program is one of the very best stackers out there.
Glad to hear that you are OK Mabula.
@mabula-admin Awesome to hear you say you're fine. And glad APP isn't abandonware; I've tried a few softwares over the years and APP is by far my favorite in terms of ease of use and power!
I sincerly apologize to all of you for keeping you in the dark. I will make a sticky post to explain what happened and how we will go forward.
Kind regards,
Mabula
Thanks for the responses, but It's been a few days... When should we expect this?
Nothing has changed, zero communication...
