question to xfce4 4.4 release

[Stephan Arts]

On 4/18/06, Erik Harrison <erikharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/06, Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> > Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> > >>>>>I'd like to ask if mouspad is gonna be included in the official release of
> > >>>>>xfce4 4.4
> > >>>>
> > >>>>dont see why not, it made 4.2, and is still in svn. anyone care to confirm?
> > >>>
> > >>>Depends on Erik. Mousepad needs some love, that's why we decided to skip
> > >>>it for the beta1.
> > >>
> > >>what does it need? it seems done and polished...
> > >
> > >
> > > First and foremost, it must pass distcheck, which it didn't (fixed that
> > > now, waiting for Auke to let me commit).
> > >
> > > 2. It should either use gettext or glib-gettext, but not try to do both
> > > (also fixed).
> > >
> > > 3. It should use intltool to translate the .desktop file (also fixed).
> >
> > Ok, committed these ones, and Mousepad will be in 4.4BETA1.
>
> Thanks Benedikt.
>
> Mousepad was really an experiment for me, and as everyone has noticed,
> I haven't had much (read: any) time to maintain it since the last
> release.
>
> As much as I'd like to work on Mousepad, I simply don't have the time.
> If there is anyone (who isn't Benny, Olivier, Jasper, or Brian, and
> thus too busy maintaining stuff that I use) will to take over primary
> maintainership, I'll happily cede my authority.
>
> Frankly, it needs to be rewritten/heavily refactored as the Leafpad
> source was a rat's nest. There is some work in a branch but it's
> mostly just fiddling.
>
> >
> > Benedikt
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> >
>
>
> --
> Erik

I would like to, i really like the program, but unfortunately i can
not work on it until xarchiver is stable.

Stephan