I recall that the framework was desireable, but a lot of the features of GAJ could be sucked into Nautilus and possibly we don't need a separate app. Again this is just from memory, (in a conf, dont' have time to look it up but wanted to chime in) but I'm sure someone from the release team can say why.
sri On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Randy B <email.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > The idea behind the Activity Journal was both misinterpreted or > misrepresented. Some where along the line people began to think > zeitgeist features around the desktop was the goal of the Activity > Journal, however the Activity Journal is really a centralized event > browser not a collective project. Often people spoke about adding > Activity Journal features to their modules when they really meant > zeitgeist not embedding the Journal UI. > > Still implementing zeitgeist features around GNOME is something that a > lot of us in the zeitgeist project are interested in, and are starting > work towards. If datasource extensions propagate throughout the > desktop and more modules start implementing features utilizing > zeitgeist it will be beneficial to have the Activity Journal installed > to answer more generic questions then those features implemented in > other modules are able to. Kind of like how you have a file browser > and do not depend application's open save dialogs for everything. > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Seif Lotfy <seiflo...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > Can you please elaborate why GAJ was not accepted... > > We are still clueless :) > > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:56 AM, Thorsten Prante <thors...@prante.eu> > wrote: > >> > >> Purpose: > >> > >> GNOME Activity Journal is not a File Browser but an Activity Browser. > >> > >> It uses the Zeitgeist Framework to display what you did and introduces a > >> better way of quickly finding the things that you were doing. > >> > >> > >> > >> Target: desktop > >> > >> > >> > >> Dependencies: > >> > >> Zeitgeist (external) > >> > >> PyGTK > >> > >> Python 2.5 > >> > >> Cairo > >> > >> DBus > >> > >> Pango > >> > >> > >> > >> Resource usage: > >> > >> Bug tracker: http://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-activity-journal > >> > >> VCS: http://code.launchpad.net/gnome-activity-journal > >> > >> Releases: http://launchpad.net/gnome-activity-journal/+download > >> > >> > >> > >> We are waiting on GNOME git approval for a new repository at which point > >> all resources will be moved to the GNOME Infrastructure. > >> > >> > >> > >> Adoption: > >> > >> Packages (at least) for Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, openSuSE > >> > >> > >> > >> GNOME-ness, community: > >> > >> GNOME Activity Journal is a pure community effort with the only > commercial > >> backing being our last GSoC project and the Zeitgeist Hackfest in > Bolzano > >> 2009. Right now, we are 2 core maintainers, 4 developers, and 2 > designers. > >> We've striven to be open and visible in our development. This has also > led > >> to a steady inflow of new contributors. > >> > >> > >> > >> Other notes: > >> > >> ... > >> > >> > >> > >> Status and future: > >> > >> The Journal is able to display all events of applications currently > >> supported by Zeitgeist, such as: > >> > >> - Totem > >> > >> - gedit > >> > >> - eog > >> > >> - Banshee > >> > >> - Rhythmbox > >> > >> - Tomboy > >> > >> - Firefox > >> > >> - git > >> > >> - bzr > >> > >> - Telepathy > >> > >> - vim > >> > >> - ... Anything that pushes into Recently Used > >> > >> We will provide a data-providers setup and management tool with our next > >> release. > >> > >> > >> > >> We are working to solve the performance issues on startup, caused by the > >> amount of data that is being requested over DBus from Zeitgeist. Our > next > >> release should provide a proper solution. > >> > >> > >> > >> There is a more detailed plan attached to our 0.3.4 release announcement > >> [1]. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> On behalf of the GNOME Activity Journal team, > >> > >> Thorsten > >> > >> > >> > >> [1] https://lists.launchpad.net/gnome-zeitgeist-users/msg00048.html > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> desktop-devel-list mailing list > >> desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > > > > > > > -- > > This is me doing some advertisement for my blog > http://seilo.geekyogre.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-devel-list mailing list > > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >
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