Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : screencloud Version : 1.1.6 Upstream Author : Olav Sortland Thoresen <olav.s...@gmail.com> * URL : http://www.screencloud.net (online service) http://www.github.com/olav-st/screencloud (source) * License : GPL2 or any later version Programming Lang: C++ / Qt Description : easy to use screenshot tool
Screencloud allows taking a screenshot of the full screen, a window or a manually selected screen region. It offers various advanced settings like adding a delay before taking the screenshot, hotkeys, and optionally sharing the screenshot through (S)FTP, the screencloud online service or similar services. Relevant information (similar packages, reason for RFP etc.): Shutter offers the same features and quite a bit more. I'm a little concerned about the future of shutter though, as it still depends on Gtk2 and other gnome2 libraries and there's not much activity in the usptream bzr repository. At the same time, screencloud still depends on Qt4. There's some activity in the upstream git repo though, and I imagine porting from Qt4 to Qt5 is easier than porting from Gtk2 to Gtk3 and libgnome2-* to whatever the new libraries are called. While screencloud is less feature-rich than shutter, it has a nicer user interface and is less overwhelming for the average user. I prefer it over shutter and would therefore love to see it in Debian. Caveats: - Screencloud apparently downloads a list of sharing plugins and offers them for "installation" on first start. This is almost certainly not ideal for packaging in Debian, it probably has security implications as well. This functionality should probably be patched out of the eventual Debian package and desired plugins should be included with the package. - Likewise, there's a check for updates in the preferences dialog and an automatic update check. It should probably be patched out of the package, too. - Since the tool was created by the owner of the screencloud online service, it advertises creating an account there to share screenshots. While this seems to be completely optional and the tool is open source and very useful even without having an account, it may or may not conflict with some Debian policies. - There might be more caveats related to the "proprietary open source" nature of this software. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
