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By neener (User), on Sat May 28 15:48:25 2005: Development Halted?.

Greetings,

I'm new to the forum and adesklets. I can code python and got very excited when I saw it wasn't a bloatier alternative. I installed the adesklet deb in debian sid. The first thing I noticed while peruising the README, and TODO was this:

This project's future development has been halted, due to the current limitations of the structure initially choosen. No worries though: it is still maintained and getting bug fixes -- development have just been switch elsewere to maintain compatibility with current work... Stay tuned!

Uhm whats the scoop, is this real? Are you forking it or rewriting it? I've got a ton of questions, the simplest of which are install questions, more advanced questions are design based (like why the config file is in the script itself). Just trying to get a feel for whats what. I'm amazed there aren't a billion adesklets around overnight. Of the development has been switched elsewhere to which project?

Thanks in advance and hi again!
Steve (l8tr2000 at yahoo dot com)

PS. was that irc channel ever formed I saw talk of one in a search but nothing concrete. I'm on freenode nickname iLLf8d (i'm in and out just message me and i'll come to eventually) if anyone wants to hangout and or discuss adesklets stuffs.

By syfou (Core Developer & Desklet Author), on Sat May 28 17:14:19 2005.

Hi Steve,

You actually read the TODO!? :shock: :lol:

I confirm I stopped developing adesklets, since it now does pretty much what I wanted it to do in the first place. This said, I am still actively maintaining it (adesklets 0.4.9 should be out in about a week by the way) solving remaining portability issues and similar. The package is slowing getting more recognition (for instance, it has just been included in FreeBSD's port collection), and you can be ensured it will not disappear any time soon. Of course, I also still process desklets submission as they are sent to me.

I haven't received a single new desklet in more than a month now, and I suspect the main reason being that I informed all current or potential desklet writers that I was developing the "successor" to adesklets (not a fork nor a rewrite, but a different package with similar objectives)... But I do not think it is the right time to discuss it in the open yet: I will contact you privately in case you are interested by development issues...

neener wrote:


(like why the config file is in the script itself)


Well, it is not. Default configuration is defined in the script itself, but individual per-instance configurations parameters are kept in an external, dynamically created file, usually called config.txt and stored in the base directory of the desklet.

By SWAT (User), on Fri Oct 13 15:59:52 2006.

What's the current status? Is the development is active? Just trying to asses the current development base and current future for adesklets.

By syfou (Core Developer & Desklet Author), on Fri Oct 13 19:24:09 2006.

Development is inactive in the sense that I don't intend to add new major functionalities: adesklets 0.6.1 does what I want it to do already.

On the other hand, adesklets is actively maintained. This means that I read bug reports (from gentoo, debian, freebsd, etc.), respond to them and adapt the code as problems occur (such as updates to the libraries used that require some retooling): My commitment is to keep adesklets working on all major Free Software platforms for the years to come.

By gnoomy (User), on Thu Dec 28 06:08:38 2006.

can you give more details about this successor?

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