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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-admin/gkrellm & plugins
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 02:11:51
Message-Id: 453E1B5E-5C4C-48AD-B2D7-F3730DF31D4E@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-admin/gkrellm & plugins by "Michal Prívozník"
1 > On 27 Jan 2023, at 20:15, Michal Prívozník <mprivozn@××××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On 1/27/23 20:21, Michał Górny wrote:
4 >> On Fri, 2023-01-27 at 10:51 -0800, A Schenck wrote:
5 >>> On 1/27/23 09:36, Michał Górny wrote:
6 >>>> # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (2023-01-27)
7 >>>> # GKrellM and a variety of plugins. It's unmaintained for some
8 >>>> time.
9 >>>> # Upstream homepage is gone, and the whole suite is collecting dust
10 >>>> # and patches.
11 >>>> # Removal on 2023-02-26. Bug #892251.
12 >>>>
13 >>>> [also eclass/gkrellm-plugin.eclass]
14 >>>>
15 >>>> app-admin/gkrellm
16 >>>> x11-plugins/gkrelltop
17 >>>
18 >>> The old homepage listed in the ebuild is gone but has moved[0].
19 >>>
20 >>> The live ebuild has the correct upstream repository so it seems like
21 >>>
22 >>> just an oversight to not update the homepage whenever that was
23 >>>
24 >>> changed.
25 >>
26 >> Thanks. Unfortunately, it only confirms what I've suspected: it's not
27 >> maintained and nobody's working on a GTK+3 port [1].
28 >>
29 >> [1] https://git.srcbox.net/gkrellm/gkrellm/issues/1
30 >>
31 >
32 > Yes, sadly, Bill passed away more than a year ago:
33 >
34 > https://mailproc.sbbsnet.net/list/gkrellm@××××××××××××××××××××××.com?cmd=user_listview_msg&domainid=40&list=gkrellm&msg_idx=28
35 >
36 > But are you saying that if there was a GTK-3 support, then gkrellm could
37 > stay?
38 >
39
40 Yes. And ideally a maintainer in Gentoo.

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