[gentoo-dev] anybody wants app-misc/nomad-tool?

[gentoo-dev] anybody wants app-misc/nomad-tool?

[George Shapovalov]

Hi guys.

This is a tool for interfacing Creative's Nomad II MG flash mp3 player. It was 
a rather decent one at its time, but that was, well, long ago. I even wrote a 
simplistic gui for that tool :). (And, incidentally, this is how I inherited 
the package).

I don't have the device any longer. Also, the package did not see any updates 
since 2003. I guess it may be considered "stale" at this point and given to 
tree cleaners. Especially considering that it ceased to compile on x86 once 
more (bug #152131). However, looking at how there is only one bug on it 
(which though may merely indicate low interest) I want to give it some 
resemblace of a 2nd chance. 

If anybody still cares about this thing, please, by all means I am happy to 
give it up. I will help with whatever problems come up with the gui part, but 
I cannot maintain the tool itself. I am going to keep that bug open for 
another month or so and in the absence of any interest I will give the 
package to tree cleaners..

Also, there seems to be an alternative for this one - nomadii-utils, which 
seem to cover this player. However I never tested those myself and the latest 
they seem to have been touched by the upstream is 2002..

George
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Re: [gentoo-dev] anybody wants app-misc/nomad-tool?

[George Shapovalov]

Masked, as per previous announement. Nobody stepped up, so this is now on 
track for removal.

George
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[gentoo-dev] Re: anybody wants app-misc/nomad-tool?

[Steve Long]

George Shapovalov wrote:
> Masked, as per previous announement. Nobody stepped up, so this is now on
> track for removal.
> 
I read the original post, and you seemed quite keen on keeping it in; have
you posted to the user rep forum to see if you can p-maintain it for a user
or group of users?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: anybody wants app-misc/nomad-tool?

[George Shapovalov]

понеділок, 18. грудень 2006 08:19, Steve Long Ви написали:
> George Shapovalov wrote:
> > Masked, as per previous announement. Nobody stepped up, so this is now on
> > track for removal.
>
> I read the original post, and you seemed quite keen on keeping it in; have
Well, considering I wrote a gui for that tool I surely have an incentive to 
keep it around :). That is as long as the tool itself works.. 

Besides, is there still anybody who has that player in a working condition? 
Which leads to this one:

> you posted to the user rep forum to see if you can p-maintain it for a user
> or group of users?
I could. Is this a particular forum on forums.gentoo.org? (sorry, I am not 
that familiar with forums) 
Is it this one by chance:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-314693.html ?

>From the About page this does not really sound like the one, but I don't see 
anything more related..

George

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[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: anybody wants app-misc/nomad-tool?

[Steve Long]

George Shapovalov wrote:
> ?????????, 18. ??????? 2006 08:19, Steve Long ?? ????????:
>> George Shapovalov wrote:
>> > Masked, as per previous announement. Nobody stepped up, so this is now
>> > on track for removal.
>>
>> I read the original post, and you seemed quite keen on keeping it in;
>> have
> Well, considering I wrote a gui for that tool I surely have an incentive
> to keep it around :). That is as long as the tool itself works..
> 
> Besides, is there still anybody who has that player in a working
> condition? Which leads to this one:
> 
What, besides you? ;)

>> you posted to the user rep forum to see if you can p-maintain it for a
>> user or group of users?
> I could. Is this a particular forum on forums.gentoo.org? (sorry, I am not
> that familiar with forums)
> Is it this one by chance:
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-314693.html ?
> 
> From the About page this does not really sound like the one, but I don't
> see anything more related..
> 
No, it's this one:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-60.html
..the new user reps forum, under gentoo chat.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: anybody wants app-misc/nomad-tool?

[George Shapovalov]

середа, 20. грудень 2006 05:52, Steve Long Ви написали:
> > Besides, is there still anybody who has that player in a working
> > condition? Which leads to this one:
>
> What, besides you? ;)
Well, that's the thing: as I mentioned (in the original message as well as in 
the referenced bug ;)) - I no longer have that device, so, that makes like 0 
people who claimed to have it so far. I guess that falls under any kind of a 
threshold one could plausibly claim (I do not say imagine, imagination is a 
powerful thing :)).

George

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