On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Stefan Magdalinski <[email protected]>wrote:
> The information in this thread is sufficiently useful that someone > should summarise it and stick it on > > http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/ > > If that page were a wiki, I'd do it. > +1. Anyone on this list have write access to the project? > > stef > > On 26 Jul , at 20:01:12, Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian) wrote: > > > > > Ankur did help out with some development for a while, but I don't > > think he's been around much lately. If you can code, by all means send > > an email to Etienne (tiennou7). I'm sure he'd be glad of the > > contributions, and he really would be the one to talk to if you want > > an orientation to the code. > > > > As for the rest of us around here, Howard Melman (hmelman) is the > > author of the unofficial user guide, and Howard and I moderate this > > group together. Aside from Etienne and the occasional code > > contributor, we are all just users helping users. > > > > Alcor hasn't released the code for all the plugins, but has indicated > > that he is willing to release the code for individual plugins when > > requested. So if you want to work on improving a plugin, you can email > > him about it. > > > > Also, note that there are actually two Google Code pages related to > > Quicksilver. http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-quicksilver/ is really > > just a bug tracker. http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/ is > > where the real stuff happens. > > > > On Jul 25, 9:10 pm, Joshua Bronson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for the info. I'm not familiar with the alcor and etienne > >> you speak > >> of, but I take it alcor was a core developer who left the project > >> to work > >> onhttp://code.google.com/p/qsb-mac/, and that ettiene is the real > >> name ofhttp://code.google.com/u/tiennou7/(whose activity onhttp:// > code.google.com/p/blacktree-quicksilver/is > >> apparent enough)? If you > >> feel like providing a bit more of the Who's Who In Quicksilver > >> (including > >> yourself!), would be interested to know. :) > >> I just stumbled acrosshttp:// > lipidity.com/apple/cleaning-up-quicksilver/ > >> , > >> and it seems like this Ankur is another player in this, or at least > >> was... > >> The most recent post, > http://lipidity.com/apple/the-state-of-quicksilver/ > >> , > >> is dated > >> 11/28/08. Judging by the comments on his blog though, there seems > >> like > >> sufficient community interest in contributing code and/or money > >> to keep the project going. Would be happy to contribute some or > >> both myself! > >> > >> Could anyone provide a bit more insight into Quicksilver's roadmap, > >> so that > >> e.g. someone interested in getting started contributing could have > >> a sense > >> of what needs to get done first to move the project forward? Or if > >> it's a > >> case of Just pick something onhttp:// > code.google.com/p/blacktree-quicksilver/issues/listand > >> have at it, > >> fair enough. > >> > >> One thing I volunteer to do straight away if there is interest on > >> the part > >> of the project owners is to add some "Interested in contributing? > >> Here's > >> how..." mojo to the project's wiki. Once I figure that out. :) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Josh > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:14 PM, nontoppo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Trunk is largely dead IIUC - alcor went off to work on QSB, and > >>> etienne is maintaining B5X over trunk - though I noticed etienne > >>> recently commiting lots to crucible, which is the new core library > >>> that was going to go into QS trunk. > >> > >>> B5X has substantial fixes for Leopard (triggers etc.), folded in > >>> lots > >>> of changes made to reduce memory use and "bloat". But etienne only > >>> has > >>> partial access to plugin code so can only do so much; alcor still > >>> hasn't released some of the plugin code. Some fixed plugins are > >>> available here: > >> > >>> http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-elements-public/downloads/list > >> > >>> etienne is the only real person working on code at the moment, > >>> including fixing things up for snow leopard etc. > > -- > /* > Stefan Magdalinski > +447769 666528 (phone) > smagdali (IM/twitter/flickr/dopplr/skype/etc) > */ >
