Hi Chris, Pablo, thank you for pushing this! I fully support your thoughts/suggestions and plan to help best I can; although my coding skills are very limited ;-) Regards Hans
Am 14.09.2014 um 18:00 schrieb Pablo Rodríguez: > Hi Chris, > > I think it is essential to contact Matthias as soon as possible. So it > will be clear which is the current project status. It would be great, if > you could contact him. > > As far as I can see, the git version from Ricardo seems to be an > outdated version, rather than a forked version from Matthias. > > We already spoke about this in the past. We need a central site from > which to manage everything related to swftools. > > Although this is a minor issue. The real issue is to find a group of > developers that want to take over swftools. I cannot code. > > I see two main features to be implemented in swftools: > > - LZMA compression for Flash files. > - Ogg Vorbis decoder (or Opus decoder, once enabled in Flash). > > This is besides the bugs that have been reported to this list. I’d be > happy to help with those, but I cannot contribute code. > > But having a clear statement from Matthias would help to start moving. > > Chris, I’d (and I think all of us would) really appreciate, if you could > contact Matthias to clarify the situation of the project. > > Many thanks for your help again, > > > Pablo > > > > On 09/14/2014 03:51 PM, RDP wrote: >> Hi there Pablo, >> >> Still out there I see. How's it all going? ;o) >> >> To be fair I have done very little with the wiki, other than keep it >> ticking over! >> I agree with you entirely in respect of the dearth of activity. That was in >> fact >> the major reason for my post. Some confirmation of the current status from >> Herr Kramm, would indeed be very useful! Maybe he, like most of us, has >> better and/or more importat things occulying his mind and time? ( I believe >> I had a contact number for him at one stage.. I could maybe go direct! ) >> >> Hosting is no great shakes, at least for now. I am moving the small amount >> of stuff I still maintain ( entirely non-commercial at present ) >> elsewhere shortly. >> When I do so, the wiki, and all it's associated content will/ have to >> go as well. >> The IP for wiki.swftools.org will change, so Matthoas qill need to make the >> appropriate amendment to the dns setings for swftools.org >> >> To the best of my knowledge, there are two git versions of swftools. The >> official one maintained by Matthias himself, from which the wiki version is >> regularly cloned and made viewable with ViewGit, >> >> http://wiki.swftools.org/viewgit >> >> and that ( a flork?) by Ricardo Pedroso, >> >> https://github.com/rpedroso >> >> However, search for swftools on GitHub, and you'll find more than a few other >> variations on a theme to choose from!! >> >> Implementing a bug tracker, the wiki, and a few dozen other things the >> project could maybe do with, to give it the necessary lift, is no great >> shakes,really. I'm also happy to continue hosting it, at least for now. >> However, maintaining, patching, and updating is another kettle of fish. >> To my mind, the project needs more of a community, and some serious >> core code maintainers to review and implement any patches, rather than >> just the odd one or two people. I'm simply not that familiar with the code >> base myself. Merely an inveterate and occasional meddler. ;o) >> >> What I'm really after is information and elucidation as to the direction >> of this project, that is if it is going anywhere.at all!, along with a show >> of hands and ideas from any interested parties, commercial or otherwise. >> Commercial usage could also provide micro-donations toward the cost of >> the project upkeep, and incentive to those with the knowhow, aka some >> core developers, to make any necessary amendments and patches. >> >> I hope that makes things a little clearer? ;o) >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Chris. >> >> On 14 September 2014 11:53, Pablo Rodríguez <oi...@web.de> wrote: >>> Dear Chris, >>> >>> sorry for the late reply. >>> >>> Thank you for your work with the wiki. >>> >>> To your last question, I’d move the wiki to GitHub if it costs you money >>> right now. >>> >>> I think there is a more relevant issue here. swftools are unactive for >>> more than a year. >>> >>> -Lastest commit in master was from Thu Jul 25 19:49:07 2013 -0700. >>> >>> -Lastest message from Matthias to the list was from Wed, 14 Aug 2013 >>> 16:36:56 -0400, >>> >>> -In a message to the list from Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:55:28 -0700, Matthias >>> states that there is a branch that would replace xpdf with poppler. In >>> the public git (I have just cloned), there is no other branch than master. >>> >>> Sorry if I’m missing something. I’m not a fan of GitHub, but I think it >>> could help here. At least to track bug reports. Having them in a mailing >>> list is the best way to forget them. >>> >>> Even if the GitHub repository contains no code, it would be useful to >>> host the wiki and to have the issues organized at one place. >>> >>> Just in case it might help, I have just created the swftools >>> organization there [I can transfer it to anyone who wants to have it, or >>> I could simply delete it] >>> >>> What do you think about this, Chris? >>> >>> I hope this helps to clarify the situation. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> Pablo >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/13/2014 11:00 AM, RDP wrote: >>>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> The SWFToolls Wiki has been hosted ( and partially maintained ), by >>>> myself for a considerable period. What seemed like a good idea at the >>>> time, now possibly is no longer. Changes have to be made, both to >>>> wiki's location, it's general structure and content, and, more to the >>>> point, it's actualy survival as a web >>>> resource. >>>> >>>> A few points to note, >>>> >>>> - The SWFTools software suite itself appears to have been put in >>>> mothballs, as >>>> there have been no updates for a considerable time, last was 9th April >>>> 2013 >>>> >>>> - TheSWFTools does not appear to have forged many, if any, links with other >>>> projects from which all could easily, and mutually benefit >>>> >>>> - the wiki itsef has also not been updated/amednded in a considerable >>>> time. Very >>>> poor community spiriiedness.it would appear! It's simply not a one >>>> person job! >>>> >>>> - credit should hereby go to one unsung, and very probably hitherto >>>> unnoticed >>>> wiki user, Cthulhu.fhtagn, >>>> >>>> http://wiki.swftools.org/wiki/User:Cthulhu.fhtagn >>>> >>>> without whose sterling support, very kind assistamce, and time >>>> mis(spent), the >>>> wiki would have been down ages ago due spam, bot, and other such >>>> attacks. >>>> >>>> So, to all you out there, commercially biased or otherwise, that make >>>> profitable >>>> and personal use of the SWFTools software, and occasioanally this mailing >>>> list, >>>> >>>> http://wiki.swftools.org/webstats/awstats.pl?config=awstats.wiki.swftools.org.conf >>>> >>>> Whare to next, *if* anywhere? Ditch, dump, or continue to maintain? >>>> >>>> Thoughts people. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Chris P. >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.ousia.tk >>> >>> --------------- >>> SWFTools-common is a self-managed list. 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