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Part 2 of day 1 of the AmiWest Devcon 2019:

Again, only of use to non english speakers.

There is a rather lengthy discussion of the complete system, which has been a concern expressed here for some time. As everyone knows, resources are divided and both users and developers have been hampered by the "get this here" "download this part there" syndrome that developed over time. All I will say here is that the team is well aware and intends to address/fix this for everyone's sake.

There are a couple of new slides in Part 2.

First one is a list of all the currently supported hardware platforms. It is extensive running from current back to CSPPC and BPPC.

In short, the team is discussing how to make their task easier given this extensive list and the necessity to have to test so many things on all the possible targets. This would include more effeciency in making fixes, processing bug reports, and obviously delivery of said fixes to the customer.

One option being considered is virtual hardware targets. The team is aware of the popularity of emulation and retro and will consider these and other factors before making any decisions on how to simplify the complete hardware list.
During this discussion a few positive things about virtual hardware are mentioned, such as removing the restrictions on the amount of ram, which is something you can do with virtual as opposed to "real" hardware.

The next slide is about "product backlog". This basically concerns everything that is required for a product. The model mentioned on the slide is scrum.org, if you want to read about the basics. There is a lot to this topic, a great deal of which concerns proper communications to know who is responsible for what, basically an efficient system to follow in order to deliver product.

The last slide is "ROADMAP".

"-Current focus is on the following areas:
-A1222 load-time emulation (SPE routines)
-Better logging system
-Multi-core support
-High priority bug fixes"

Keep in mind the audience for both parts have been developers. I expect many of the same topics will be brought up for the general public on Saturday/Sunday as well.

@ssolie

As always, please notify me re:changes/corrections you might wish made to the above

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