On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 12:44:09PM +0100, James Griffin wrote: > !-- On Fri 6.Sep'13 at 10:02:59 BST, Thomas Adam (tho...@fvwm.org), wrote: > > > Hi Dan, > > > > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 09:58:36PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > > > Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> writes: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Given my diminishing work on FVWM, I need to think about handing over > > > > the > > > > FVWM Forums [1] and the FVWM Wiki [2]. I cannot devote the time needed > > > > for > > > > their maintenance, nor do I want to act as a point of contact for them > > > > anymore. > > > > > > From my point of view, I'd have no problem with closing them down. > > > If you could direct users to the mailing lists, that would be a good > > > thing. > > > > That'd be the simplest solution, yes. But I'm unclear how many users of > > FVWM and the forums would welcome that. I was always in favour of closing > > it down, but it exists _because_ it's what people wanetd, and still do, from > > what I can tell. They're certainly a lot busier than fvwm@ in terms of > > questions. > > > > The wiki is less important, but there's a lot of documentation which I feel > > should make it in to the man pages somewhere if someone is wanting to do > > that. > > > > So I can close them all down and keep the data kicking around, yes. But I > > am not happy pissing users off in the process, hence the request for a > > takeover. > > > > -- Thomas Adam > > The information on these sites has proven valuable. It would be a shame > if it were no longer available. Personally, as a user of fvwm2, it has > been, and is, a valuable resource - especially as some of the man pages > are lacking in some ways.
Past cries for someone to use that documentation to improve the man page has fallen on deaf ears. No one has done this yet. Patches welcome. > Does this mean, also, development of the fvwm2 Window Manager is going to > slow down or worse? and what about the irc channels? will it/they still > operate and are they used much? I've not yet used the irc channel, I tend > to -- cautiously -- use this mailing list for information and to ask > questions. The community will still exist here, of course. Why wouldn't it? As for development, I don't know. Someone will keep it ticking over. It's always been that way. -- Thomas Adam
