Hi dale, On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:46 PM Dale Powell via rhythmbox-devel < rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org> wrote:
> Is this mailing list even active? Not seen a single other post come > through..... > The list is working, I see your messages come through. But following this up because it has come to my attention that far more > than the plug-in created by my friend has stopped working properly. Even > the Alternative Toolbar, which is packaged as default and seems to be the > most suggested plug-in for many people's issues on how Rythmbox works as > default, does not work properly any more! (Try dragging to reorganise > column order with latest version.) Surely the default plugins are something > you don't want to break..... Is anything going to be done about getting > the program working properly again? I had hoped it might have just happened > by now but months later and the situation is still borked! > It seems like there isn't much volunteer time available for Rhythmbox maintenance at the moment. Jonathan is/was the only active maintainer in recent times, but the last time he merged a patch in GitLab was 6 months ago. This raises an interesting question of how the project can continue. Software projects work best when there is a dedicated maintenance team to review and merge patches. This requires a good knowledge of the codebase and a continual dedication of time, though. Is anyone interested in taking on such a role? Sam
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