[Xfc-dev] SourceView in XFC and more

[Sylvain Vedrenne (Xfce)]

Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> Erik Harrison wrote:
>> On 12/8/06, Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at xfce.org> wrote:
>>   
>>> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
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>>>> Auke Kok wrote:
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>>>>> Erik Harrison wrote:
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>>>>>         
>>>>>> Considering the status of 4.4, with us inches from release, I vote we
>>>>>> create a branch for this development in SVN, give Bo SVN access so he
>>>>>> can go ahead and start working, then see where the pieces fall after
>>>>>> 4.4.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any seconds from a more senior dev?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>> I'd rather keep a *stable* 4.4 branch and have real development work done in /trunk/
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>> Agree with Auke - let's copy current trunk to a branch and let
>>>> someone with some time and commitment play with trunk for a bit.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> Did anyone try to contact Jeff directly? Maybe Bo can do that.
>>>
>>> I think it is great that someone volunteers to pick up maintenance. Even
>>> though I've never used it myself, XFC sounds like a framework that
>>> deserves better than letting it fade away in our repositories.
>>>     
>> I've emailed Jeff directly several times over the last few months.
>> I've gotten no answer. Considering his rather passionate plea to have
>> XFC included in Xfce, I really wonder if something major happened in
>> his personal life.
>>
>> Regardless, I don't think he'd mind it if he came back and found his
>> project has continued on, with other devs for him to work with.
>>
>>   
> No, I agree. I was just making sure that we at least tried contacting him.
> 
>     Jasper

I tried to contact Jeff by email around 6 months ago, asking if he 
intended to continue contributing to Xfc. No answer, unfortunately.

I very much hope Xfc will continue!

Best regards,
Sylvain.