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From: "Michal Prívozník" <mprivozn@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-admin/gkrellm & plugins
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:15:21
Message-Id: 7fa4ffcd-ac56-55f6-05ca-535c016edca3@redhat.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-admin/gkrellm & plugins by "Michał Górny"
1 On 1/27/23 20:21, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2023-01-27 at 10:51 -0800, A Schenck wrote:
3 >> On 1/27/23 09:36, Michał Górny wrote:
4 >>> # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (2023-01-27)
5 >>> # GKrellM and a variety of plugins.  It's unmaintained for some
6 >>> time.
7 >>> # Upstream homepage is gone, and the whole suite is collecting dust
8 >>> # and patches.
9 >>> # Removal on 2023-02-26.  Bug #892251.
10 >>>
11 >>> [also eclass/gkrellm-plugin.eclass]
12 >>>
13 >>> app-admin/gkrellm
14 >>> x11-plugins/gkrelltop
15 >>
16 >> The old homepage listed in the ebuild is gone but has moved[0].
17 >>
18 >> The live ebuild has the correct upstream repository so it seems like
19 >>
20 >> just an oversight to not update the homepage whenever that was
21 >>
22 >> changed.
23 >
24 > Thanks. Unfortunately, it only confirms what I've suspected: it's not
25 > maintained and nobody's working on a GTK+3 port [1].
26 >
27 > [1] https://git.srcbox.net/gkrellm/gkrellm/issues/1
28 >
29
30 Yes, sadly, Bill passed away more than a year ago:
31
32 https://mailproc.sbbsnet.net/list/gkrellm@××××××××××××××××××××××.com?cmd=user_listview_msg&domainid=40&list=gkrellm&msg_idx=28
33
34 But are you saying that if there was a GTK-3 support, then gkrellm could
35 stay?
36
37 Michal

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