Hi Michael, this is just a gentle ping whether you might have made up your mind about a rewrite. If so it would be really great if you could drop me a note.
Happy new year Andreas. Am Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 03:28:32PM +0100 schrieb Andreas Tille: > Hi Michael, > > Am Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 01:00:46PM +0100 schrieb Michael Cornelison: > > Removing clutter would mean a rewrite of the code now using libchamplain. I > > have not decided if I will do this or not. One option is to remove the map > > features in Fotocx (zoomable world map, click on a map marker to show a > > gallery of images geolocated at or near the marker). > > That would be a shame since this is some unique feature of fotocx I've > not seen in Free Software so far and actually my motivation to work on > fotocx inside Debian. > > > There is a replacement for libchamplain, but a rewrite of code to use this > > is required, and there is no documentation other than reading the code. > > This is all Gnome stuff. > > Sounds pretty unfortunate. > > > I am angry that Linux in general does not care about > > backward-compatibility. Linux deserves its 2% share of desktops. My 1990s > > Windows NT program still runs on Windows 11. You cannot expect people to > > favor a system where working programs suddenly stop working. > > Perfectly understandable. > > > What is the harm of retaining libclutter in Debian? > > I need to admit I've just realised this in connection with the fotoxx > removal. It was not my decision and I can't comment on this. > > Kind regards > Andreas. > > -- > https://fam-tille.de > > -- https://fam-tille.de
