Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of LAN message system - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay.

The principle is simple: when you add a feature to the Windows
version, then the version that runs on a free operating system must
have that feature as well.

Although I cannot compete with you when discussing the technical details of 
'message', I think the GNU/Linux version should:
- get a GUI; maybe zenithy can do the trick, but maybe you need some Gtk+ code 
to create the dialog I saw under Windows
- localise the application; either your own way, or through gettext, that does 
not matter
- integrate it in the environment, ie implement the 'tray icon'; I think xMule 
does something similar with Gnome and KDE, so you could study how they do it, 
but I am not sure

Do you see my point?

-- 
Sylvain

On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 07:31:06PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> Yes, i did not create a GUI because i thought it's quite easy to do that,
> for example in GNOME (with zenity), but would be done in a site-specific way.
> Should i add some sample scripts and a little tutorial or so, and then submit
> it again?
> 
> Maarten Deprez
> 
> On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 08:52:41PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Sorry if I was not clear enough.
> > 
> > The MS Windows version appeared more developed to me mainly because it
> > had a GUI with localization.
> > 
> > Hosting only the other version is a solution; you can also provide it
> > the same features than the MS Windows version.
> > 
> > Just submit again your project and I will be happy to look at it.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > -- 
> > Sylvain
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 12:30:13PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> > > Sylvain,
> > > 
> > > I do not understand it. The windows port is because there are still some
> > > windows computers in our network (but i do not care that much about that 
> > > port).
> > > I am not aware of the win32 port having more features (it isn't as 
> > > extensible
> > > because the main version executes a perl script upon receival of a 
> > > message). Can
> > > tou give me a clue? If that would be better, the windows port could be 
> > > left out,
> > > that's not a problem at all.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Maarten Deprez
> > > 
> > > On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 10:31:59AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Even though your project is Free Software it can not be hosted here.
> > > > We only host projects that can run primarily on a free operating
> > > > system (such as Debian GNU/Linux).
> > > > 
> > > > We have adopted this policy because now that completely free operating
> > > > systems exist, we do not want to encourage users of those systems to
> > > > start using proprietary operating systems so that they can use your
> > > > program.
> > > > 
> > > > If you are willing to maintain a version for free operating systems,
> > > > which work as well as or better than other ports, you can
> > > > then provide versions for nonfree systems as well.  The idea is that at
> > > > no point should only-free users be at a disadvantage compared to users 
> > > > of
> > > > proprietary software.
> > > > 
> > > > Your project should always work equally well in free systems as in any
> > > > other version you provide; if you have some modules for nonfree
> > > > systems, you can delay their release until you have released the free
> > > > operating system version.
> > > > 
> > > > If you accept this commitment then please register your project again
> > > > and it should be approved in Savannah.
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you for your understanding.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Sylvain
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:27:51AM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> > > > > Two tarballs are attached: GNU/linux version and win32 version.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Maarten
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:37:44PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Can you please send me a tarball? I do not have the patience nor the
> > > > > > time to grab each file individually from the server ;)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Sylvain
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 06:34:53AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> > > > > > > A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> > > > > > > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Maarten Deprez <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > > > > > > License: gpl
> > > > > > > Other License: 
> > > > > > > Package: LAN message system
> > > > > > > System name: message
> > > > > > > Type: non-GNU
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Description:
> > > > > > > This package consists of two programs: send and receive. They are 
> > > > > > > used to send and receive simple messages over a LAN (or other 
> > > > > > > network) in UDP packets, so that broadcasting or multicasting is 
> > > > > > > possible.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > "send" sends a message to all ip addresses given on the command 
> > > > > > > line. The message is read from stdin.
> > > > > > > "receive" listens for incoming messages for the ip address of the 
> > > > > > > computer it runs on, or for one of the multicast groups (given on 
> > > > > > > the command line). When it receives a message, it runs a script, 
> > > > > > > piping the message text to he stdin. That script should then 
> > > > > > > takes some action, e.g. writing it on the console, or showing a 
> > > > > > > message box.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > These programs, and windows version, can be downloaded from 
> > > > > > > http://deprez-aerts.dyndns.org/~maarten/ (look in the message and 
> > > > > > > message-win32 directories), when our home server is on (during 
> > > > > > > the day in Belgium).