Re: Is Pan still actively being developed?

Detlef Graef <[email protected]> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 23:14:00 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.pan.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 30.04.21 um 21:34 schrieb Jack via Discussions of Pan source code
hacking.:
> 
> On 4/30/21 3:28 PM, Zan Lynx wrote:
>> On 4/30/21 9:04 AM, Jack via Discussions of Pan source code hacking.
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Pan already works with GTK3.   It just requires a change to the
>>> configure options, but the default needs to be changed from gtk2 to
>>> gtk3.
>>
>> I don't know if you've tried it lately?
>>
>> But no. Pan does not work with GTK3. It compiles. It runs. But the
>> behavior is so bad it cannot be used. It needs a ton of work.
> 
> Then I think you have some additional problem.  I have been using Pan
> with no problems with gtk3 for several weeks.  I admit I don't use it
> very heavily, but reading is fine, and the one reply I made got posted
> fine (it was rejected because that list only accepts posts by email, the
> through the gated nntp feed.)
> 
> However, if you do have problems with it, please consider filing an
> issue so someone has a chance of diagnosing and fixing it.

Pan is using a lot of deprecated APIs. I needs to be ported to GTK3.
This is a lot of work.

See:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pan/-/issues/74#note_504744


Regarding a maintainer of Pan, here is the list of the project owners
and maintainers:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pan/-/project_members?sort=access_level_desc

Maybe you would like to ask the following guy about the state of the
project:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/averi

"Infrastructure Team Lead at GNOME Foundation"



Detlef

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