We should not ask anyone to do 2 months development work for 2500 euros. I believe this size grant is only enough for 1 to 2 weeks, based on international prices (though I do not have any paid experience in this field)
- Joseph Eisenberg On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:08 AM pangoSE <pang...@riseup.net> wrote: > I disagree. For that sum of money I would be willing to start writing a > new editor in Rust compiled to WebAssembly and desktop and reach a state of > basic editing useability in 2 months. > See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohuTy8MmbLc > Cheers > > Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> skrev: (3 augusti 2020 > 01:00:49 CEST) > >> While the benefit of making Potlatch 2 on AIR is small, the cost is tiny. >> >> 2500 Euros is an insignificant price to pay for supporting an editor >> which is still used by a couple of thousand long-term users. >> >> I support this expenditure. >> >> – Joseph Eisenberg >> >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 10:05 AM Alexandre Oliveira <rockyt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I'd like to share my two cents on the matter of supporting Potlatch 2, >>> an editor built with (now) dead technology. >>> >>> I don't think it's worth spending money to update P2 to Air. As others >>> have stated, Air has been discontinued as well, and it was developed >>> by Adobe, probably with the same amount of security flaws as Flash >>> had, which contributed to its demise. I don't see Air as different >>> even though it's being maintained now by Samsung. >>> >>> Just take a look. The web is different than when P2 released; flash is >>> deprecated and a synonym for vulnerable systems, Air tried to take off >>> but now it's just another dead technology. What are the benefits of >>> porting P2 to Air? It may be easier because Air may share some code >>> with Flash, which in turn makes it easier to port to. >>> >>> However, I think that the OSMF should find someone familiar with Flash >>> and look forward to porting P2 to modern web technologies (please not >>> Electron!), like WebAssembly or Web 2.0. Be it JavaScript, >>> CoffeeScript or TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue.js or any other modern >>> web tech, it doesn't matter. I think it's going to be money well spent >>> if P2 was ported to a supported web technology and not something that >>> died a few years ago and is on life support, and barely anyone uses it >>> nowadays. >>> >>> IMO porting P2 to Air is just a waste of money and time from the >>> developer, and we will reach the same point in the future, be it >>> either for deprecating P2 or looking to port it to newer web >>> technologies. OSMF should prepare for the future and not continue >>> using deprecated technology. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> talk mailing list >>> talk@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >>> >> _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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