Thanks for the detailed explanation. I have looked at this purely from a passive downloader perspective. For me, the sourceforge repo from Mr Sidorov has always looked stale to me, since the last change in downloadable files really is from 4 Jan 2014, in the 5.0.1 folder dated from 20 May 2015.
So, I assumed this to be dead (no activity for more than 5 years now). The github repo has decent activity, I can't really tell if they are windows-focused, but they do offer a Linux version, which runs very well on my Eoan system here. I am willing to install this on a couple other systems of mine if you need more feedback from a user perspective. In terms of stability and day-to-day usage, it is much better than the 5.0.1 version, which used to hang sometimes and had noticeable delays. These are gone now. Hope this helps Erik Koennecke Am Fr., 12. Juli 2019 um 21:18 Uhr schrieb Andreas Noteng < [email protected]>: > The upstream of the transgui currently in Debian and derivatives is this > one: https://sourceforge.net/projects/transgui/ > The upstream you are referring to is a fork of this project. I have been > in contact with both upstreams and previously considered changing sources. > I my opinion the project you are referring to should have released under > another name since Mr Sidorov has not abandoned his original project. > > Last time I looked at the fork, development seemed to have shifted focus > towards Windows with little or no testing and development being done for > Linux. This may have changed since last time I looked, and I am willing > to reconsider my previous decision to not switch upstreams. The original > project have not seen any action since 2017, and that certainly speaks > in favor of the fork in github. That being said, the original upstream > has always helped me fix bugs as needed in Debian and Ubuntu. > > I'd appreciate arguments pro et contra from experienced Ubuntu and/or > Debian developers before making a decission to switch. > > ** Changed in: transgui (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Wishlist > > ** Changed in: transgui (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Opinion > > ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #897088 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897088 > > ** Also affects: transgui (Debian) via > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897088 > Importance: Unknown > Status: Unknown > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1836400 > > Title: > transgui is outdated; new upstream repo should be used > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transgui/+bug/1836400/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1836400 Title: transgui is outdated; new upstream repo should be used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transgui/+bug/1836400/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
