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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hello Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks you for your email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As you read on mailing-lists archives, Scilab is part of 3DS since a few months and will remain an open-source software:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Source code is available on GitLab:
<a href="https://gitlab.com/scilab/scilab/">https://gitlab.com/scilab/scilab/</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Development tools (GitLab CI) are currently being deployed,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Merge-request process and issue reporting are available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Global migration is on-going from ESI to 3DS. Website migration should be completed in a few weeks; Social networks will follow. Thanks for pointing the issue
about the mailing-lists links, we will fix them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">To your mind, what would be the best tool to replace mailing-lists?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thank again for your email and as per your request more communication will be done soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Scilab Operational Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> users <users-bounces@lists.scilab.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Pounds<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 25, 2022 1:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> users@lists.scilab.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Scilab-users] What is the status of Scilab as an organisation/project in 2022?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I wanted to get a handle on the state of Scilab but I'm having a hard time putting it together.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From social media accounts, its like Scilab froze in the middle of 2020.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Theres no recent news beyond the release of 6.1.1 in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Links to the mailing lists on the website are broken.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Searching for the mailing list finds entries on mail archive, where there is some information that Scilab development has moved to Gitlab and Scilab
has apparently been bought by 3DS from ESI. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have a few questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What is the state of Scilab these days?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What is the road map for further development or communication with either the current or prospective users, since most people will stop at the
broken mailing list link (assuming that the mailing list itself doesn't put people off in this age of forums, discourse, discord etc)?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What does the acquisition by 3DS mean for the project? The original announcement to this mailing list was 30 days after the action itself and nearly
90 days has passed since that time without further information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">With best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chris Pounds.
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