So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

18/10/2021

👋 Hey there! It has been 3 years since eDEX's initial 1.0 release. Since then, 16 updates have been released with the help of 46 contributors, and they have been downloaded about 400 000 times (:exploding_head:!).

Last year I opened this issue to gather support (both moral and financial) to fund maintenance, as I was a student with little resources for a project of this size. Thanks to sponsorships and the generous donations of some of you I've been able to keep the project on life support.

This summer I dropped out to become a full-time software eng, and I feel it is time to re-assess the situation.

eDEX-UI will now be archived as I will move on to other projects.

The codebase has been in dire need of a fresh refactoring for some time now, and considering the limited usefulness of the software (I like to think of it as a functional art project), I think this is the best decision to go forward.

I want to thank every person who has ever contributed to, starred, liked, tried out, crashed and bugsquashed eDEX-UI. We had a really good run and lots of fun.

Keep cool :v: -G

P.S: you can follow me around on Twitter if you want to hear about new stuff.

Previous versions

***Updated 22/02/2021*** Thanks to GitHub Sponsors and the Bytes sponsorship, I've been able to upgrade the project from *unmaintained* to *maintenance mode*. What this means: - More frequent patch updates - Issues will get fixed if possible on the current project architecture - No new features still, and no project rewrite in the foreseeable future - Project will be kept up-to-date as much as possible with upstream stuff, which is good for security and platform support (e.g apple silicon builds *sometimes soon*). Please read on for more info. --- Hello there :wave: I'm submitting & pinning this issue because I still see a lot of traffic to this repository and I want to make sure everyone interested is aware of its current status (especially before submitting new issues). ## Questions, Answered - ### Is this project currently maintained? ***Yes.*** The codebase would very much need a rewrite, but the project is currently in ***maintenance mode***, which means it's kept alive and issues are triaged and fixed whenever possible. Don't expect new features, though. - ### So is it abandoned? ***No.*** I'm still very fond of eDEX and would love to work on it again. Sadly, it does not pay enough bills to justify the time I need to throw at it, so until I'm more in the green, don't expect much. *Want to help? Scroll down to the next section.* - ### Should I submit a new issue? Sure! If it's possible to fix them without rewriting everything, I will try to. - ### Should I submit new ideas? ***Yes!*** Seeing new great ideas for this software submitted here from time to times is probably the reason why I haven't completely dropped it yet. Moreover, if there's ever going to be a rewrite, more ideas will make it even better than the current version! *Please search through the Ideas section of the Discussions tab first.* --- ## Ways You Can Help - **Star** this repository and tell all your friends about it. - **Watch for new releases** to get an update if something happens. - **[New!]** Sign up to Bytes, the only JS newsletter that made it through my sponsorships spam filter, using **[this link.](https://ui.dev/bytes/?r=gabriel)** It won't cost you anything, and if after a few issues you realize it's not your vibe, you can always unsubscribe. - If you can spare a few :dollar:: - [Buy me a coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gaby) (one-time), - or [sponsor me on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/GitSquared) (recurring monthly). - Tell me you're interested in this project! - Reach out on [Twitter](https://gaby.dev/twitter), - or [shoot a nice email my way](https://gaby.dev/email)! --- Thanks for reading, and for your interest in this software. :heart: -G

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So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish