This one time, at band camp, Ari Pollak said: > Stephen Gran wrote: > > Hello Ari, > > > > I see that you have filed an ITO on this, because of lack of > > upstream activity, but they seem to have come back alive. There is > > a version .8 out now on their site. I guess I am mostly filing this > > bug, not to force you to package the new upstream version (although > > that would be nice), but also to start a converstaion about where > > you see this package going. Does rss-glx really replace everything > > in rsxs, and does it seem to have a more reliable upstream? If > > they're about the same in terms of functionality, I guess one should > > be dropped. If they differ, maybe I would be willing to take over > > rsxs, but I wanted to talk with you first about the two of them > > before I took it over. > > 0.8 is one of the reasons I am wary of upstream's actual support. It > only introduces a skyrocket screensaver, whose basic functionality is > just to crash on startup. I have never received any sort of fix or > request for more information from the upstream author. Whereas > rss-glx's development is much swifter, and it also includes more than > just the original RSS hacks. I honestly see no reason why rsxs > shouldn't be dropped. (btw, this should probably be in the WNPP bug, > not in rsxs) OK, redirecting the conversation to the WNPP bug as well. That was the impression I gathered from the ITO bug report, but it's nice to have it spelled out more concretely. Since upstream is unhelpful _and_ buggy, I guess I won't adopt rsxs :(. I guess filing for removal is the way to go here. Feel free to close the wishlist bug - if rss-glx provides the same sort fo hacks, and does a better job, there's no need. Thanks, and talk to you later, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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