Raised $130 of $500 target so far. We have a few things we've been working on in the background that will be released over the course of this donation drive. Any suggestions for things you want to see or outstanding issues important to you are much appreciated.
As some of you may know already it's my birthday in june and I usually take the opportunity to solicit devkitPro donations. This year I've unfortunately had family and personal issues which have conspired to get in the way of keeping up with release announcements. I'm going to try to retrospectively add the missed release anouncements to the appropriate release topics over the next few weeks as time permits.
Since last year's donation drive there have been some 217 updates to library packages and 32 updates to tool packages. Some of these have been relatively easy, others have taken considerable time and effort to get working. Costs of living have increased surprisingly over the last few years and new costs have unfortunately been added. As always your generosity and patience in continuing to support the existence of our little ecosystem is very much appreciated.
If you like the toolchains and you'd consider buying me a beer if you lived nearby then please consider a donation. The Support devkitPro page has a nice list of (tongue in cheek) reasons to donate. We also have a Patreon Page too for anyone who would consider more regular support.
Some people no longer use the toolchains but have donated to express their gratitude for the career opportunities afforded to them thanks to the free availability of these tools and their ease of use. I'm always immensely grateful for these donations since they remind me that what I do does have a positive impact on the world despite the negativity aimed at me from some quarters.
Whatever you decide, thanks for using the toolchains and making all the cool homebrew I love to see
Generally I'm not that great at blowing my own trumpet, or even sometimes believing I have a trumpet to blow so it's always good to hear from people who appreciate the work that's gone into making these toolchains what they are. Messages of appreciation and support are just as welcome as monetary contributions.
We now provide 263 libraries and 37 tool binaries with more added all the time. Using pacman as a package manager across linux, windows & macOS has enabled fantastic infrastructure that allows homebrew developers to get on with writing software for all the Nintendo game consoles we support.