Re: Open Source?

On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:02:47 -0800, Wojtek wrote:
> Philip Chee wrote :
>> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 06:25:10 -0800, Wojtek wrote:
>>> Since this is not being updated anymore, could it be put into Source 
>>> Forge?
>>
>> Why? The source is already available on mozdev.
>>
> Hmmm, did not know that.
> 
> But a Source Forge project implies that it can be modified, source 
> control handles branches, etc.

In case it wasn't clear one of the links on that page is:
"3. Do a CVS Checkout"
To the cvs source control system where the multizilla source resides.
But the problem isn't access to the source. It needs someone who
understands the code and how to fix it. By and large the people who
understand how the tabbrowser code work either already have their own
tabbrowser extensions (Tab Utilities, TabMixPlus) or are now working on
the Firefox tabbrowser code itself. Me, my current plan is to (slowly)
add the Multizilla features I use to the SeaMonkey tabbrowser code itself.

> I think that all we really want is an installer (at least that is my 
> hope) rather than extra features.

There should be a batch file somewhere in the source code that builds
the installer.

You could email HJ and ask for developer access to the multizilla cvs,
or ask if he agrees for someone to take over the project and copy the
source to SourceForge or GitHub or BitBucket. And good luck. There is
two years worth of bit rot in the code that you or someone needs to
modernize.

Phil

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