Re: RFS: kita2

[Sune Vuorela <nospam@vuorela.dk>]

On 2008-12-28, Hiroyuki Yamamoto <yama1066@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sune Vuorela wrote:
>> On 2008-12-27, Hiroyuki Yamamoto <yama1066@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>   Upstream Author: Hideki Ikemoto <ikemo _at_ users.sourceforge.jp>
>>> * URL: http://kita.sourceforge.jp/
>> 
>> Looking at this page, without much japanese knowledge, it looks like a
>> kde3 application
>
> Approximately, no.
> The upstream author says about the previous C++ version,
> kita that will not correspond with kde4.
> So, he introduced the new ruby version, kita2.
>
>>> * License: The MIT License
>>>   Section: net
>>>   Language: Ruby
>>>   Description: Ruby based 2ch client for KDE
>> 
>> and the kde3 ruby bindings is planned to be discontinued in debian right
>> after lenny release.
>> 
>> Unless I'm mistaken about what it is using, I don't think uploading this
>> to debian will serve much purpose.
>
> Hmm, kita2 can be used also with kde3 now.
> The future, when the ruby binding of kde3 was lost,
> the ruby binding programs will be embarrassed.

If we are a bit optimistic about the release process and a bit
pessimistic about time in NEW, I guess kita2 will enter debian around
the same time as lenny gets released.

>
> How about kde4?

KDE4 has nice ruby bindings, currently available in experimental.

/Sune