Atze Dijkstra wrote: > Related to this, both archives > are inactive anyway since summer 2012, both are also still mentioned > on the wxHaskell wiki, activity on this mailinglist is low, so is any > development/maintenance done at all? > > I am asking these questions as I am fixing a legacy wxHaskell app (7 > years old), and also trying to figure out whether wxHaskell is still > a good way to go for future GUI development. For the record, I like > wxHaskell, but I need to know (probably like others using wxHaskell) > whether wxHaskell (or for that matter, any GUI programming in > Haskell/GHC) is going to be used/maintained in the long run, and for > that some basics (like which repo is used) need to be clear.
I can't speak for Jeremy, nor do I wish to step on anyone's toes, but looking at the current project status, I have to conclude that wxHaskell is not actively maintained anymore. I'm interested in GUI programming and I have got some ideas on improving the wxHaskell APIs that are "backported" from FRP, but sadly no one to address them to. So, I'm interested in contributing, but I don't have the time or inclination to maintain a large GUI project myself. Concerning future GUI development, there is GTK2Hs which works quite well on Linux, but is difficult to install on all other platforms. Personally, I'm betting on browser-based GUIs, and in particular Chris Done's "ji" project https://github.com/chrisdone/ji It's not on hackage and I get the impression that Chris has abandoned his little experiment, but he has still accepted a patch I've sent. A small experiment on my part http://apfelmus.nfshost.com/blog/2012/10/31-frp-ji.html has actually convinced me that implementing GUIs in this way is both viable and useful. If someone else were to take an interest in Ji as well, I'd be very happy to contribute. Best regards, Heinrich Apfelmus -- http://apfelmus.nfshost.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ wxhaskell-devel mailing list wxhaskell-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wxhaskell-devel
