question to xfce4 4.4 release

[Stephan Arts]

On 4/18/06, Stephan Arts <psybsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
Well unfortunately... i just like programming too damn much ;)