On Wed, 2018-12-05 at 04:56 +0000, timothy b via dia-list wrote: > > > The question isn’t so much as to what utilities that Día uses, nor > what platform is managing the code. > > > > > > > The discussion should be about is there anyone that wants to maintain > Dia for Windows,
I would like to see it continue to exist (i.e. not do anything *nix specific in Dia) but don't have enough Windows experience to do anything > and who is prepared to maintain Día for Linux. At least short term me! > > > Until those to questions are answered, any other discussion is > academic. > > > > > > > > > > From: dia-list <dia-list-boun...@gnome.org> on behalf of Alejandro > Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 2:52 pm > > To: discussions about usage and development of dia > > Subject: Re: Maintaining / Helping out on Dia > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 10:20 PM Alejandro Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 6:12 PM Thomas HARDING < > > t...@thomas-harding.name> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, all ! > > > > > > > > > > > > So, > > > > > > > > > > > > Le 04/12/2018 à 11:21, Eduard Nicodei via dia-list a écrit : > > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I think that's a good start point : why Dia, an unmaintained > > > > > > software, has *no* competitor /on its segment/ ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DIA is very unique I give you that. But > > draw.io is a huge risk for DIA and similar programs, and that's > > just naming one. > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > Obviously, Dia could _also_ work networked, in the future, or > > > produce > > > > > > fancy views, MS-Visio like, when you need to impress commercials > > > (we can > > > > > > imagine a toggle button "turn on fancy"), or at option > > > use/produce other > > > > > > data structures such as Json. > > > > > > > > > > > > But keep in scope to keep the tool simple, stupid and powerfull. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah these things are important. But there are other problems. For > > example, GTK2 is completely obsolete. GTK 3 was released in 2011. I > > mean, seriously? > > The port to GTK3 is probably not straightforward (and never mind 4 > > which should be quickly approaching) , so again, IMHO it would be a > > good time to re-think where people want to take this project. > > > > > > > > I have heard of people suggesting to use JSX for GTK 4, so not sure > > why the "shit" comment about React earlier. In fact, React would > > probably be the best bet of survival or rebirth for DIA. But heck > > what do I know, right ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just for reference: > > > > https://blogs.gnome.org/desrt/2016/08/17/a-quick-look-at-using-jsx-in-gnome/ > > > > > > So why not think in this direction or node-gtk or something along > these lines and get some fresh blood in here. > > > > Not so "shit" now, eh? > > > > Best, > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________dia-list mailing > listdia-l...@gnome.org > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.gnome.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fdia-list&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfc7d89405b984be4b5f508d65a6e3ce0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636795826846726144&sdata=PANlHm1%2Bn7Vsgf3tTedkApxnKoIfqcbfYf8iX9HsqPQ%3D&reserved=0 > FAQ at > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flive.gnome.org%2FDia%2FFaq&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfc7d89405b984be4b5f508d65a6e3ce0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636795826846726144&sdata=THu9BXYYC%2FZtS%2F8s%2FeoqNYzmpZD8NSr8nK1rt0Fj5TA%3D&reserved=0 > Main page at > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flive.gnome.org%2FDia&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfc7d89405b984be4b5f508d65a6e3ce0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636795826846726144&sdata=ElTE9TuNi%2FSW88kHXxtU2GtJJCCk2av5Wb5CLRTwcgo%3D&reserved=0 > -- Zander Brown <zbr...@gnome.org> GNOME
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