One other thing that slows the pace of development is the fact that it is written in some variation of the C programming language. This was done by the original developer who did it for his college work.
Calibre is written in python which appears to be easier to manage and has modules that already do more for the programmer, as I understand it.
Per the python web site: Anecdotal evidence suggests that one Python programmer can finish in two months what two C++ programmers can't complete in a year.
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