Funding Request - Release 67.0.0

[amaitland]

Basically the same as before, I'm asking for funding for a 67.0.0 release. A big thank you to all those who had pledged funding through BountySource Salt, I've adjusted the target to take into account your generous contributions.

If the set BountySource target is not met then all is not lost, you can of course use the CI Builds that are available from https://www.myget.org/gallery/cefsharp or alternatively build your own Nuget packages and host then on your local feed. As a thank you to those who have contributed through BountySource Salt I will continue to upgrade master to newer CEF builds.

If you'd like to made a donation through Paypal directly, that's also welcomed, happy to reduce the target accordingly.

Release 67.0.0-pre01

When 50% of target reached

• Update master to CEF 3.3396.1786.gd3e36d0 / Chromium 67.0.3396.79
• Resolve WPF/OffScreen require setting windowless_rendering_enabled in 67+ #2431 - WPF/OffScreen require setting windowless_rendering_enabled in 67+
• Create cefsharp/67 release branch
• Update changelog and create release notes
• Release 67.0.0-pre01 packages to nuget.org

Release 67.0.0

When 100% of target reached

• Resolve remaining issues attached to 67 Milestone
• Update changelog and create release notes
• Generate new API Doc and upload to http://cefsharp.github.io/api/
• Release 67.0.0 pacakges to nuget.org

Quite a bit of work has already been done, you can track the progress https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/milestone/35

Constructive comments welcome.

[amaitland]

Now that I'm a stay at home dad your contributions are the only reason I'm allowed to continue working on the project. If the target isn't met then I will continue to update master to newer versions of CEF as a number of kind backers have made recurring monthly contributions through https://salt.bountysource.com/teams/cefsharp. I will then only be answering questions and fixing bugs for those backers. The reality is that I will have to put the time that I'm currently spending on this project into finding other work.

[ghost]

Would you be willing to launch a Patreon to let people donate that way on a recurring basis?

[amaitland]

Would you be willing to launch a Patreon to let people donate that way on a recurring basis?

@AluminiumTech I had great hopes for Patreon when I launched a campaign to fund the 63.0.x release. I spent ages settings up the targets, people very generously started donating, then Patreon suspended my account due to Suspected Fraud, I reached out to them in an attempt to resolve the issue, asked what exactly was Fraudulent, basically they didn't want to know me. One of the contributors then a week or so later had his account suspended, he went through the same process in an attempt to resolve the issue, no luck, I believe they deleted his account and refunded all his previous donations to all the projects that he'd been sponsoring over the last few years. The chat history on https://gitter.im/cefsharp/CefSharp has the blow by blow account as it happened. Tried to be as transparent as possible. Unfortunately was unable to resolve the problem with Patreon.

I'm reluctant to try Patreon again, though I guess if there is enough call for it then I can see if it's possible to create a new page.

Recurring contributions can be made currently through https://salt.bountysource.com/ though I understand that lots of people are already using Patreon and that would be more convenient.

[ghost]

@amaitland Yeah, I'd definitely prefer a Patreon. Could you try to re-launch yours?

[amaitland]

Could you try to re-launch yours?

@AluminiumTech I'll have a look at the options. Thanks for showing interest 😄

[amaitland]

Thanks to everyone who has donated directly, I've adjusted the target down. Half the original target has now been met, so I'll release -pre01 in the next day or two.

[ghost]

@amaitland any idea what the reward tiers will be?

[amaitland]

The 67.0.0-pre01 packages have been pushed and should appear on Nuget.org shortly.

[hjerpbakk]

Thank you for all your hard work @amaitland ! We at @DIPSAS use CefSharp in our app and have donated to meet the goal of 375 USD.

[vwmberry95]

Will there be a 67.0.0-pre02 to reflect the frame.IsValid fix released with 65.0.1?

[amaitland]

We at @DIPSAS use CefSharp in our app and have donated to meet the goal of 375 USD.

@sankra Thank you! So greatly appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who's donated!

Will there be a 67.0.0-pre02 to reflect the frame.IsValid fix released with 65.0.1?

@vwmberry95 The 67.0.0 release will be out shortly.

[amaitland]

The new API Doc is available at http://cefsharp.github.io/api/67.0.0

[amaitland]

The 67.0.0 packages have been pushed to Nuget.org and should appear shortly.

[tuarua]

@amaitland I'd like to make a direct donation through Paypal to thank you for all the hard work on CefSharp. How can I do that?

[amaitland]

I'd like to make a direct donation through Paypal to thank you for all the hard work on CefSharp. How can I do that?

@tuarua Thank you for the generous offer! You should be able to use https://paypal.me/AlexMaitland

[amaitland]

Thank you to everyone who's contributed!