Xfce4-dev Digest, Vol 158, Issue 7

Thu Feb 9 15:21:10 CET 2017

Hi, and sorry in advance if this is not somewhere I can give input, but as
a user and user only, I think it might be a good idea to leave
xfce4-screenshooter behind. Right now, it's buggy, and I feel like unless
you wanted to make it usable while porting it to GTK 3, it wouldn't be the
best use of your time. Although I'm not sure how many people use it,
perhaps gigolo would be a better place to start? I've attached a couple of
examples of how xfce4-screenshooter's region capture doesn't really work
very well (they're supposed to be just white rectangles, but the selection
outlines tend to get randomly captured or leave artefacts).

Alen Chakarov

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Francesco Pasa <francescopasa at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I totally agree that I need to start from something small. I have a little
> experience with gtk, but not much. I am used to look at other people's
> code, tough.
>
> I see in the list that one small app that I could start with is
> xfce4-screenshooter, which seems to have nobody in charge for the
> translation. It's a bit sad to see we do not have many people...
>
> For orientation I only need some infos like: how am I supposed to commit
> my changes and the like. I see there is a git repo, shoud I just clone it
> and commit or do I need some sort of account? Do you develop in a specific
> branch?
>
> Thanks a lot, best,
> Francesco
>
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>>    1. Re: [Thunar-dev] Introduction (Simon Steinbeiss)
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>> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:59:33 +0000
>> From: Simon Steinbeiss <simon at xfce.org>
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>> Hi Francesco,
>>
>> I can only agree with what Alex wrote (the maintenance situation, porting
>> to Gtk3, starting with smaller components). The roadmap, which is sorta up
>> to date, can be found here: https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.14/roadmap
>>
>> That said, it is also a question of motivation and of reading the code
>> that
>> is there already, as we don't really have the manpower to tutor people.
>> It's unfortunate, but that's just the way it is at the moment.
>> Anyway, welcome and I hope you'll find the time and motivation to
>> contribute!
>>
>> If you need help, don't hesitate to ask either on the mailing list or
>> directly in irc (#xfce-dev on freenode).
>>
>> Cheers
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:08 AM Alex <acs82 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Francesco,
>> >
>> > these days not much happens on the "thunar-dev" mailing-list. (ca. 1
>> mail
>> > per month) Most things are discussed on "xfce4-dev".
>> >
>> > I am new to the xfce4 community myself, however regarding Thunar the
>> first
>> > thing to achieve probably is to get the gtk3 port finished. The whole
>> xfce4
>> > stack currently moves from gtk2 to gtk3. Thunar is probably one of the
>> > bigger junks to be moved.
>> > There is already some ongoing development on it, but it seems like the
>> > port still is experimental:
>> >
>> > http://xfce.10915.n7.nabble.com/Experiments-in-porting-exo-
>> to-Gtk3-td46692.html#a46700
>> >
>> > I dont know the current state .. best directly talk to the dev's which
>> > work on thunar and exo, and ask them where you can help.
>> > If you dont have experience with gtk, it probably makes sense to first
>> > move some smaller xfce4 projects to gtk3 to get used to it! ( There
>> used to
>> > be some list of projects to be moved, but I dont know where it can be
>> found
>> > )
>> >
>> > CC to xfce4 dev ... please correct me if I am wrong!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>> > On 07.02.2017 14:08, Francesco Pasa wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I am a student and long time user of XFCE (since about 2007). I'd like
>> to
>> > become a member of the Thunar development team, if possible. I never
>> > contributed to a open source project, so some orientation would be
>> helpful.
>> > To make it concrete:
>> >
>> >    - It there a procedure to become a member of the team?
>> >    - Is Thunar actively maintained and developed?
>> >    - In case, how should I start?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Francesco
>> >
>> >
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