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Folks,
As per the email below, I have put up my hand to look after the website and the windows binaries that Steffen was maintaining. I'm not a programmer by trade so my ability to get new binaries might be limited. I see myself more as a caretaker rather than an active participant until someone who was a developer could take over. I'm not certain how I'm going to get new binaries for Windows. I'll have to think about that one. I would like to praise Steffen through his wife, Yasemin. Whilst I only knew Steffen through email, he came across as a very friendly and articulate person that put in a considerable amount of time with Dia. Steffen always had time for me when I emailed him. His efforts will be missed. Yasemin, please accept my condolences. Timothy From: timothy141542 hotmail com To: fnatter gmx net CC: mini yaseminyilmaz net; bart s abwesend de Subject: RE: dia-installer.de / Steffen Macke Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 13:44:13 +1100 > From: fnatter gmx net > To: timothy141542 hotmail com > CC: mini yaseminyilmaz net; bart s abwesend de > Subject: Re: dia-installer.de / Steffen Macke > Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 19:36:16 +0100 > > timothy b <timothy141542 hotmail com> writes: > > > Felix, > > hello Timothy, > > > I would be happy to take over in the short term, if you don't get any > > other offers. > > great, thanks! > > > I do > > need to set the expectation that I'm not a programmer and would be taking on the role as > > a custodian of Windows for Dia. > > Does that mean you want to administrate dia-installer.de and/or maintain > windows binaries? > Yes, the website and Windows binaries is fine with me. I am clueless when it comes to MAC's. > Do you need help with the windows installer ("binaries")? > I may need some assistance. I had VC++6.0 ages ago but have probably lost the disks. I will need to put in some time to understand what it is I'm going to need help with first. > @Yasemin: Do you have access to Steffen's source code of the windows > installer? > I only have access to what is publicly available, nothing more. > Can we continue this discussion on (CC:) dia-list gnome org? > > Thanks again and and Best Regards, > Felix > Yes. > > Timothy Bogie > > Canberra, Australia > > > >> From: fnatter gmx net > >> To: dia-list gnome org > >> Subject: dia-installer.de / Steffen Macke > >> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 20:00:38 +0100 > >> CC: mini yaseminyilmaz net; bart s abwesend de > >> > >> hello dia developers and users, > >> > >> as you may have read in a previous post, Steffen has died last year. > >> Steffen maintained dia-installer.de which consists mostly of: > >> - a windows installer (including dia portable) > >> - a mac installer > >> - Debian and openSUSE packages > >> - dia shapes repository + installer > >> - documentation > >> - ... > >> > >> His wife, Yasemin, told me that she has administration rights for > >> dia-installer.de (and most probably also access to his source codes). > >> > >> It would be great (and probably satifying for Yasemin and Steffen's > >> familiy/friends) if someone could pick up things like the windows/mac > >> installers (maybe by Windows/Mac experts who also use dia) or other > >> parts like the shape collections or keep dia-installer.de running or ... > >> > >> Unfortunately I cannot do this, as I work on Freeplane, Debian and > >> GTypist already and am running almost exlusively Linux. > >> > >> The good news is that some of his probjects are available as > >> official Debian packages: > >> https://packages.debian.org/sid/dia-shapes > >> https://packages.debian.org/sid/dia2code (not from Steffen himself I > >> think) > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> -- > >> Felix Natter > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dia-list mailing list > >> dia-list gnome org > >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > >> FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > >> Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > >> > > > > -- > Felix Natter |