Wanted: Maintainer for xfce4-dict and Gigolo

Patrick "Kai" Baker eigenspaces at gmail.com
Tue May 28 15:59:21 CEST 2013


I looked at the code last night. I know just a little bit of network and
gtk+ programming, but these are small enough programs that I was able to
make sense out of them. I was able to find the bug section for gigolo but
not the dictionary program. I will see if I can figure out one of the bugs
with gigolo and get started from there.

Kai


On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Enrico Tröger <enrico at xfce.org> wrote:

> Hi Kai,
>
> the code is on the Xfce GIT server:
> http://git.xfce.org/apps/gigolo/
> http://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-dict/
>
> I guess the first thing you need is a Xfce developer account. I don't
> remember how and where to apply. Does anyone else know, Nick maybe?
>
> Then I'd say get in touch with the code and start asking me questions,
> or just fix remaining bugs and add features as you wish :).
> Probably the last parts we should do off-list.
>
> Regards,
> Enrico
>
>
> On 22/05/13 21:05, Patrick "Kai" Baker wrote:
> > I got a reply saying I couldn't reply on the list, which must of meant
> the
> > developer's list. I never done anything like this but I want to learn and
> > get my name out there. I can maintain both, sure. What needs to be done
> and
> > where do I find the source code for these projects?
> >
> > Kai
> > On May 21, 2013 5:22 PM, "Enrico Tröger" <enrico at xfce.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey Kai,
> >>
> >> great!
> >> Both apps?
> >>
> >> I'd suggest to do the rest off-list to not annoy the rest :).
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Enrico
> >>
> >>
> >> On 20/05/13 22:40, Patrick "Kai" Baker wrote:
> >>> I think I can do it. I'm currently not maintaining any code and I would
> >>> love to pick up more network programming.
> >>>
> >>> Kai
> >>> On May 20, 2013 1:04 PM, "Enrico Tröger" <enrico at xfce.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hey,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd be happy if anyone would like to take over maintainership for my
> >>>> little projects xfce4-dict and Gigolo.
> >>>>
> >>>> The code of both projects is not as clean as I would like it to be,
> >>>> especially when handing it over to somebody else but at least mostly
> it
> >>>> works :).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I just don't manage to maintain those projects with the passion and
> time
> >>>> they deserve (it took me more than three years for a single release :(
> >> ).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> A bit more detailed:
> >>>> xfce4-dict may could get a rewrite of the networking code to connect
> to
> >>>> a dictd server by using the networking API in newer GLib versions.
> >>>> Currently it is using the plain old C socket API.
> >>>> Also, Liviu never gets tired to motivate me to integrate the
> >>>> wordreference.com API :).
> >>>>
> >>>> Gigolo is more or less feature complete, at least from my point of
> view.
> >>>> There is an open request
> >>>> (https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10079) to change the
> >>>> application icon, I didn't make up my mind about this yet, a new
> >>>> maintainer could choose this as her first action :).
> >>>> There are still unreleased changes and improvements in GIT master
> which
> >>>> are waiting to be shown to the wild!
> >>>>
> >>>> Any volunteers?
>
>
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