Re: Is beagle completely dead now?

Joel Mandell <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:10:59 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.dashboard.devel
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Allright, thanks for the pointer!

I really like this codesnippet in Evolution.cs:

 "

			foreach (string shit in crap)
				folder_path = folder_path.Replace (shit, "");

"

:=)

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Joe Shaw <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Joel Mandell <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Would love to eventually fix the Evolution filter in Util/Evolution.cs. I
> > can send patches to dbera right?
>
> You can send patches to the list.  I think I wrote the Evolution stuff
> back in the day, so I might be able to remember some of the details.
> :)
>
> At this point there's nobody really maintaining it, and the current
> Evo stuff is old and broken so as long as you've tested it and feel
> good about the code, go ahead and push it AFAIAC.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
> >
> > peace!
> > -joel m aka dikatlon
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Lukas Lipka <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't mean to sound nostalgic, but back then Beagle was one of the
> >> best and fun projects to hack on!
> >>
> >> L.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Joe Shaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Hi Adam,
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
> >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>> A major reason why I gave up on Beagle and
> >> >>> the whole Linux desktop itself was due to this attitude.  I guess
> the
> >> >>> developers of those apps are more thick skinned or resilient than I
> >> >>> was?  I don't know.
> >> >>
> >> >> Time is also probably a factor, Beagle was AFAIK really the first
> >> >> desktop Mono application of any note.  It was also ahead of its time
> as
> >> >> a concept [I recall no shortage of long rambling posts about how it
> was
> >> >> useless anyway].
> >> >
> >> > Indeed.  Writing a Mono application at the time was a... challenge.
> >> > Beagle surely had its own set of performance problems, and the tools
> >> > to profile and debug them were largely non-existent.  We even wrote a
> >> > few of them (heap-buddy, which has only recently been superseded by a
> >> > new built-in profiler).  I would have killed for a working debugger.
> >> > :)
> >> >
> >> > When Beagle was started, the concept was actually pretty clear to us.
> >> > We weren't looking to create a Spotlight for Linux (indeed, Beagle was
> >> > first publicly demoed on the day Apple announced Spotlight) -- it was
> >> > really designed as a means to an end: Dashboard needed an index to
> >> > make intelligent queries against and get contextual clues.  Beagle
> >> > really grew out of that need, and became a user-centric tool.
> >> >
> >> > Joe
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > dashboard-hackers mailing list
> >> > [email protected]
> >> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers
> >> >
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> dashboard-hackers mailing list
> >> [email protected]
> >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Cellphone:
> > 0722-137374
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>



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Allright, thanks for the pointer!<br><br>I really like this codesnippet in =
Evolution.cs:<br><br><div style=3D"margin-left: 40px;">=A0&quot;<br></div><=
pre><code>			<span class=3D"hl kwa">foreach</span> <span class=3D"hl sym">(=
</span><span class=3D"hl kwb">string</span> shit in crap<span class=3D"hl s=
ym">)</span><br>
				folder_path <span class=3D"hl sym">=3D</span> folder_path<span class=3D=
"hl sym">.</span><span class=3D"hl kwd">Replace</span> <span class=3D"hl sy=
m">(</span>shit<span class=3D"hl sym">,</span> <span class=3D"hl str">&quot=
;&quot;</span><span class=3D"hl sym">);<br>
<br></span></code></pre><div style=3D"margin-left: 40px;"><code><span class=
=3D"hl sym">&quot;</span></code><br><br></div>:=3D)<br><div style=3D"margin=
-left: 40px;"><code><span class=3D"hl sym"></span></code></div><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote">
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Joe Shaw <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1=
px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<div class=3D"im"><br>
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Joel Mandell &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:joelman=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Would love to eventually fix the Evolution filter in Util/Evolution.cs=
. I<br>
&gt; can send patches to dbera right?<br>
<br>
</div>You can send patches to the list. =A0I think I wrote the Evolution st=
uff<br>
back in the day, so I might be able to remember some of the details.<br>
:)<br>
<br>
At this point there&#39;s nobody really maintaining it, and the current<br>
Evo stuff is old and broken so as long as you&#39;ve tested it and feel<br>
good about the code, go ahead and push it AFAIAC.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color=3D"#888888">Joe<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; peace!<br>
&gt; -joel m aka dikatlon<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Lukas Lipka &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:luk=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I don&#39;t mean to sound nostalgic, but back then Beagle was one =
of the<br>
&gt;&gt; best and fun projects to hack on!<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; L.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Joe Shaw &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jo=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Hi Adam,<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Adam Tauno Williams<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">awilliam@whitem=
ice.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; A major reason why I gave up on Beagle and<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; the whole Linux desktop itself was due to this attitu=
de. =A0I guess the<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; developers of those apps are more thick skinned or re=
silient than I<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; was? =A0I don&#39;t know.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Time is also probably a factor, Beagle was AFAIK really t=
he first<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; desktop Mono application of any note. =A0It was also ahea=
d of its time as<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; a concept [I recall no shortage of long rambling posts ab=
out how it was<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; useless anyway].<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Indeed. =A0Writing a Mono application at the time was a... ch=
allenge.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Beagle surely had its own set of performance problems, and th=
e tools<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; to profile and debug them were largely non-existent. =A0We ev=
en wrote a<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; few of them (heap-buddy, which has only recently been superse=
ded by a<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; new built-in profiler). =A0I would have killed for a working =
debugger.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; :)<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; When Beagle was started, the concept was actually pretty clea=
r to us.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; We weren&#39;t looking to create a Spotlight for Linux (indee=
d, Beagle was<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; first publicly demoed on the day Apple announced Spotlight) -=
- it was<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; really designed as a means to an end: Dashboard needed an ind=
ex to<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; make intelligent queries against and get contextual clues. =
=A0Beagle<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; really grew out of that need, and became a user-centric tool.=
<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Joe<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; _______________________________________________<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; dashboard-hackers mailing list<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">dashboard-hack=
[email protected]</a><br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; <a href=3D"http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-h=
ackers" target=3D"_blank">http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-=
hackers</a><br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; _______________________________________________<br>
&gt;&gt; dashboard-hackers mailing list<br>
&gt;&gt; <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">dashboard-hackers@g=
nome.org</a><br>
&gt;&gt; <a href=3D"http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hacker=
s" target=3D"_blank">http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hacke=
rs</a><br>
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