From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57CD115800F for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:21:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C351FE0905; Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mp-relay-01.fibernetics.ca (mp-relay-01.fibernetics.ca [208.85.217.136]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74CD2E08F6 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailpool-fe-01.fibernetics.ca (mailpool-fe-01.fibernetics.ca [208.85.217.144]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mp-relay-01.fibernetics.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 491F3E1778 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:21:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (mailpool-mx-02.fibernetics.ca [208.85.217.141]) by mailpool-fe-01.fibernetics.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40C27285BE for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:21:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.199 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.199 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_50=0.8, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no Received: from mailpool-fe-01.fibernetics.ca ([208.85.217.144]) by localhost (mail-mx-02.fibernetics.ca [208.85.217.141]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6KlIsgyiBQsa for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (host-45-78-203-63.dyn.295.ca [45.78.203.63]) by mail.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id C3D30285BC for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:21:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by localhost (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:21:12 -0500 Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:21:12 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo Devt Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: app-admin/gkrellm & plugins Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo Devt Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: f569e257-a06b-41fe-b190-ccffa1939b87 X-Archives-Hash: a788c43a238c54956f7b47100b5267a2 [ This has been posted on Gentoo User, but in case it hasn't been seen by discussants at Gentoo Dev, here it is. It seems clear upstream isn't dead, simply quiet ] On 1/28/23 05:35, Peter Humphrey wrote: > I'm actually the one who first heard that the original maintainer had died.  > I had written to him about some support issue, and got a belated reply > from his brother.  Upstream is not dead at all, > the activity level is just fairly low. > I tried to post to -dev, but my message never got through, > not sure if it's because I'm not a dev or made some other error in sending. > The homepage is at htttps://gkrellm.srcbox.net > with source at https://git.srcbox.net/gkrellm/gkrellm. > The main problem is that is still uses gtk+2. > They do have an open issue about that, > but most of the discussion has been on why it would be so hard to upgrade. > There is apparently a lot of fairly low-level graphics stuff going on > and Bill himself (the original maintainer) > said something like the conversion to gkt+3 would be difficult, > but to go to gtk+4 would essentially be a re-write. > Jack -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca