calibre reaches version 1.0, after seven years in the making - Page 2

Latinandgreek · 08-23-2013, 06:07 AM

Congratulations, Kovid, and thank you for all of your hard work, and a big thanks to all other contributors as well!

Apache · 08-23-2013, 06:56 AM

Thank you Kovid. I have never seen any other freeware updated and supported as much as Calibre. Thank you, again for all of your hard work.
Apache

kennyc · 08-23-2013, 07:07 AM

Woo-Hoo!

crich70 · 08-23-2013, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apache

Thank you Kovid. I have never seen any other freeware updated and supported as much as Calibre. Thank you, again for all of your hard work.
Apache

I have to agree with you there Apache. Not only is it updated more often but the program seems to keep good pace with changes in OS as well. A lot of programs cease to function (or at least to function well) as time goes on but not Calibre. I don't know many freeware programs that that can be said about. I can remember asking a question about joining epub files together a few yrs back and now of course it's possible to do that. I don't know how long that addition to the program had been in development, but (I think) it made an already great program even better.

caleb72 · 08-23-2013, 07:23 AM

Fantastic job! Calibre is the heart of my ebook library and I can't imagine ebook life without it. As soon as I actually get a job again, I'll drop in another donation as celebration.

Woohoo! Party Time!

DoctorOhh · 08-23-2013, 07:46 AM

Congrats Kovid!

Here are four (out of 1000s?) of possible interface looks under the calibre 1.0 banner.

Dylan Tomorrow · 08-23-2013, 07:52 AM

Congratulations! You all, and most of all of course Kovid have done an amazing job in building calibre and making it even better with each release! I can't imagine managing and reading my ebooks without calibre and I hope it stays around as long as there are ebooks to read and catalogue

.

The greatest strength of calibre (other than the great community of course) is how many useful features, big and small, it has. Of the features introduced between 0.9 and 1.0, I especially love the Polish Books and Edit TOC features, both of which I use all the time. (The coloured rows are also very handy, not sure if they have been around longer though.) Looking forward to the new cover grid and faster database code

.

I also love the weekly stable updates, I wish every open source project did that! Though I have to admit I might wait till next week before I update this time, just in case you guys missed a vital bug in the new database backend

. I know, it's very unlikely after the long test period, but some obscure bugs tend to only be found once a new release is deployed beyond the beta testers. So everyone updating now: Make sure you have backed up your library

.

Bob Russell · 08-23-2013, 07:58 AM

An awesome accomplishment in so many ways, and a tool that I rely on personally.

Software reaches greatness when it's solid, fun to use and it accomplishes an important purpose. Thumbs up on all three counts, and a big thanks for your efforts!

kovidgoyal · 08-23-2013, 08:00 AM

@Dylan Tomorrow: Given the vast complexity of calibre, no beta period, no matter how long would ever give 100% coverage, so there are likely to be bugs. The hope is that those bugs are mostly obscure corner cases. The main code paths in the new backend have been pretty extensively tested, both by beta testers and by a fairly comprehensive test suite I wrote as I was developing the new backend. But, there are never any guarantees...

Dylan Tomorrow · 08-23-2013, 08:05 AM

@kovidgoyal: That's my hope too. I'm just gonna wait till next week anyway, because I am overcautious like that

.

kacir · 08-23-2013, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

About half a million: http://www.ohloh.net/p/calibre

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Originally Posted by http://www.ohloh.net/p/calibre

... took an estimated 94 years of effort (COCOMO model) starting with its first commit in October, 2006 ending with its most recent commit about 20 hours ago

Incredible feat!

Yarrow · 08-23-2013, 08:53 AM

Brilliant upgrade but need to know how to access the brilliant virtual libraries via calibre server - using this with Marvin on iPad? Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 08-23-2013, 09:03 AM

I doubt Marvin has support for virtual libraries. If you browse to the content server using a browser, you can simply click the virtual libraries button on the start page.

momghoti · 08-23-2013, 09:08 AM

Oh, Huzzah!!!!

I love Calibre and talk it up to all and sundry, although I frequently get "Oh, that's too complicated"(which is baloney) I really think that Calibre has improved the popularity of ebooks--it certainly made them more appealing to me. I just wish I could afford to give you as big a donation as it's worth!

Well done!!!

Rene

Istvan diVega · 08-23-2013, 09:58 AM

Congratulations Kovid and everyone else who are involved!! Thank you all for providing what is undoubtedly the most amazing freeware program I know of, as well as far and away the best supported one. It's frankly almost beyond comprehension that a program of Calibre's quality can be free in this day and age.

08-23-2013, 07:46 AM	#21
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,897 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	Congrats Kovid! Here are four (out of 1000s?) of possible interface looks under the calibre 1.0 banner. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by DoctorOhh; 08-23-2013 at 10:09 AM.

08-23-2013, 07:52 AM	#22
Dylan Tomorrow Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 640495 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Germany Device: Kindle Touch, Android smartphone w/ FBReader	Congratulations! You all, and most of all of course Kovid have done an amazing job in building calibre and making it even better with each release! I can't imagine managing and reading my ebooks without calibre and I hope it stays around as long as there are ebooks to read and catalogue . The greatest strength of calibre (other than the great community of course) is how many useful features, big and small, it has. Of the features introduced between 0.9 and 1.0, I especially love the Polish Books and Edit TOC features, both of which I use all the time. (The coloured rows are also very handy, not sure if they have been around longer though.) Looking forward to the new cover grid and faster database code . I also love the weekly stable updates, I wish every open source project did that! Though I have to admit I might wait till next week before I update this time, just in case you guys missed a vital bug in the new database backend . I know, it's very unlikely after the long test period, but some obscure bugs tend to only be found once a new release is deployed beyond the beta testers. So everyone updating now: Make sure you have backed up your library . Last edited by Dylan Tomorrow; 08-23-2013 at 08:02 AM.

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08-23-2013, 06:07 AM	#16
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	Congratulations, Kovid, and thank you for all of your hard work, and a big thanks to all other contributors as well!

08-23-2013, 06:56 AM	#17
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,306 Karma: 90981752 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	Thank you Kovid. I have never seen any other freeware updated and supported as much as Calibre. Thank you, again for all of your hard work. Apache

08-23-2013, 07:07 AM	#18
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Woo-Hoo!

08-23-2013, 07:23 AM	#20
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,863 Karma: 18794463 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	Fantastic job! Calibre is the heart of my ebook library and I can't imagine ebook life without it. As soon as I actually get a job again, I'll drop in another donation as celebration. Woohoo! Party Time!

08-23-2013, 07:58 AM	#23
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	An awesome accomplishment in so many ways, and a tool that I rely on personally. Software reaches greatness when it's solid, fun to use and it accomplishes an important purpose. Thumbs up on all three counts, and a big thanks for your efforts!

08-23-2013, 08:00 AM	#24
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@Dylan Tomorrow: Given the vast complexity of calibre, no beta period, no matter how long would ever give 100% coverage, so there are likely to be bugs. The hope is that those bugs are mostly obscure corner cases. The main code paths in the new backend have been pretty extensively tested, both by beta testers and by a fairly comprehensive test suite I wrote as I was developing the new backend. But, there are never any guarantees...

08-23-2013, 08:05 AM	#25
Dylan Tomorrow Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 640495 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Germany Device: Kindle Touch, Android smartphone w/ FBReader	@kovidgoyal: That's my hope too. I'm just gonna wait till next week anyway, because I am overcautious like that .

08-23-2013, 08:53 AM	#27
Yarrow Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancashire, UK Device: Sony PRS500& PRS505; iPad; and Kindle	Brilliant upgrade but need to know how to access the brilliant virtual libraries via calibre server - using this with Marvin on iPad? Thanks.

08-23-2013, 09:03 AM	#28
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I doubt Marvin has support for virtual libraries. If you browse to the content server using a browser, you can simply click the virtual libraries button on the start page.

08-23-2013, 09:08 AM	#29
momghoti Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 1000021 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hook, UK Device: Cybook Bookeen	Oh, Huzzah!!!! I love Calibre and talk it up to all and sundry, although I frequently get "Oh, that's too complicated"(which is baloney) I really think that Calibre has improved the popularity of ebooks--it certainly made them more appealing to me. I just wish I could afford to give you as big a donation as it's worth! Well done!!! Rene

08-23-2013, 09:58 AM	#30
Istvan diVega Inharmonious Posts: 416 Karma: 2157616 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Sony PRS-950, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1	Congratulations Kovid and everyone else who are involved!! Thank you all for providing what is undoubtedly the most amazing freeware program I know of, as well as far and away the best supported one. It's frankly almost beyond comprehension that a program of Calibre's quality can be free in this day and age.