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Common Flatpak modules that can be used as a git submodule
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intltool: Add checker data #245

Closed dreua closed 1 year ago

TingPing commented 1 year ago

intltool is a dead project. The last release was in 2015 (and 2012 before that).

dreua commented 1 year ago

Does that mean it should not be used any more? Do you happen to know what it should be replaced with?

(I realized that it hasn't seen too many releases but having it as a shared module suggests that there are still some users. And I haven't seen a statement of the developers either.)

ranisalt commented 1 year ago

Do you happen to know what it should be replaced with?

I have seen it being replaced by gettext

hfiguiere commented 1 year ago

that just mean that it won't be updated.

if a project needs it, its here.

dreua commented 1 year ago

Software that won't be updated shouldn't be depended upon imo. If it is used (and widely enough that it justifies being a module here) then there might be circumstances where there could be an update, even if the project hasn't been actively maintained for some years. And in this case I would like my external data checker to notify me, that's why I added the checker data. I don't see the harm in adding it just in case there will be another release.

If we are 100% sure that there won't be updates then everyone should be migrating away from this dead project.

Edit: I might be thinking too much in an ideal world scenario here :wink:

TingPing commented 1 year ago

Upstream software should use regular gettext. Please do help projects move to it.

This shared-module exists because it is commonly used by older projects.

intltool is a relatively simple set of perl scripts that are used at build time. So the "risks" involved are low (no security problems, perl will never change, gettext will never change, etc).

It is just a waste of time to check updates for it. It is simply dead.