Oh my god, this is such sad news! RIP Bill, Jack, do you have Jesse's email so I can extend my condolences?
:(
On 2022.03.10 16:56, Jack wrote:
> On 2021.01.14 16:21, Bill Wilson wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:15:12 +0100 Stefan Gehn
>> <stefan+gkrellm@srcbox.net> wrote:
> [snip....]
>>> One ticket I could immediately think of myself is the port to Gtk+
>>> 3/4 which will be inevitable at some point (hey, it survived the
>>> port from Gtk+ 1 to 2 too).
>>
>> It's OK with me. Gtk4 says it "deemphasizes" gdk-pixbuf. At the
>> point it becomes deprecated it will be an issue where "porting"
>> really means a major rewrite. I don't know what will happen then.
>
> Has there been any activity on this at all? Might it be worth
> porting to gtk3/4 without touching the gdk-pixbuf stuff. That would
> at lest change the dependency away from gtk2. Do I interpret the
> previous comment correctly that that should not be particularly
> difficult, or is that just overly simplistic/naive?
>
> Jack
I just received a response to my message from Jesse Wilson, Bill's
brother, informing me that Bill passed away last October 14th after a
short bout with cancer.
Jack
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