Bug#932266: ITP: dragon -- Drag and drop source/target for X
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Keian Rao <keian.rao@gmail.com>
* Package name : dragon
Version : 1.1.0
Upstream Author : Michael Homer
* URL : https://github.com/mwh/dragon
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: C
Description : Drag and drop source/target for X
Many programs, particularly web
applications, expect files to be dragged
into them now. If you don't habitually use a file manager that is a
problem. dragon is a lightweight drag-and-drop source for X where you
can run: `dragon file.tar.gz` to get a window with just that file in it,
ready to be dragged where you need it.
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Hello Debian maintainers,
I stumbled upon this program after finding a need to drag-and-drop a
file into Mozilla Firefox from my Debian installation without a file
manager.
- The program itself is a single file of C, with a single dependency on
GTK 3. It does not receive much updates at all, but upstream is still
aware of it, having added a small update 11 days before time of writing.
I successfully compiled the program on first try in Debian stretch, with
gcc 4:6.3.904 and libgtk-3-dev 3.22.11-1.
- I would prefer another maintainer maintain this, as I have no experience
working with GTK, but I would not mind maintaining it, as it is a small
package, and I'd like to gain some experience being a Debian maintainer.
- There is a package with similar (greater, rather) functionality, named
'dragbox'. It was available only in jessie, having been dropped in
stretch seemingly without notice (The only critical bug,
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475448 , was fixed).
- I have not contacted the upstream author before filing this. If this
moves forward, I will contact them for their permission, etc.
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