Re: icewm releases

On 09/25/13 22:11, Laurence Darby wrote:
> Dag B wrote:
>
>
>> There was a lot of off-topic crap in the slashdot thread linked to
>> above,
>
> Maybe that's because you posted a nonsensical question to /. instead
> asking about it here first.   To use an analogy, it was as if the
> icewm project is a public park that's becoming littered and you said "I
> really hope someone other than me takes responsibility for this park,
> and I'll pay you for picking up a single piece of litter!" Maybe it
> would have made sense if you had asked here first and the response was
> "more developers needed", but that didn't happen.
>
> There are already plenty of potential contributors, myself included
> (I'm the author of this patch:
> http://sourceforge.net/p/icewm/patches/201/), and I wasn't even aware
> of the Gentoo maintainers until your mail.  The problem is we're unable
> to contribute.


SNR on Slashdot is what it is, no matter what you ask.

The point of making noises on Slashdot (and now here) was not primarily 
to find developers, nor to pay for fixing a specific bug. It was to find 
*one* developer who cares enough to take ownership of the code that 
constitutes icewm. And I could not phrase it that way to reach Slashdot. 
  :-)


Based on the volume of email on icewm-user and -devel, and the fact that 
noone on these lists had made a public/recognized effort to integrate 
patches and cut a new release, I considered these lists to be dead. I am 
delighted to have been proven wrong. Sort of.
I also see that the irc channel still is active. Or at least present. 
Yay! (#icewm@freenode)



> The question is if there is anyone else apart from Marko who can edit
> the website, and has CVS commit access to make new releases? And if not
> then I think he needs to grant that access to someone he trusts and who
> will use it (Adam?).


Adam just posted to the list. No idea what his credentials are good for 
w.r.t. code. I guess we'll learn soon enough.
Does anyone still have contact with Marko? Is he even alive? If not, 
what are the options?



> I don't want to see icewm die either, and normally I'd say I don't have
> time to help, but if it meant keeping the project alive then I could
> make time for it, but obviously there isn't any point if offers to help
> fall on deaf ears.
>
> Laurence
>

I am happy to see that my noises may have made an impact. :-)


Thanks,

Dag B


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