Comments on: Things on my mind http://imnotpete.com/2007/12/17/things-on-my-mind/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sam http://imnotpete.com/2007/12/17/things-on-my-mind/#comment-256 sam Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:09:51 +0000 http://imnotpete.com/2007/12/17/things-on-my-mind/#comment-256 At the time I was actively using XIFF, there was a complete lack of activity in the forums (most posts went unanswered), a lack of responses to email requests for support, and no references (except for 1 or 2 forum posts) to the AS3-compatible version of XIFF. I had to guess at a Subversion url to use to get it. In any case, the idea that you will be producing an Air-based client gives me new hope that I spoke prematurely :-D I'll keep my eye out... At the time I was actively using XIFF, there was a complete lack of activity in the forums (most posts went unanswered), a lack of responses to email requests for support, and no references (except for 1 or 2 forum posts) to the AS3-compatible version of XIFF. I had to guess at a Subversion url to use to get it.

In any case, the idea that you will be producing an Air-based client gives me new hope that I spoke prematurely :-D I’ll keep my eye out…

]]> By: Matt Tucker http://imnotpete.com/2007/12/17/things-on-my-mind/#comment-255 Matt Tucker Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:24:14 +0000 http://imnotpete.com/2007/12/17/things-on-my-mind/#comment-255 Actually, XIFF isn't abandoned at all. A small bit of history around the project might help though. It was originally authored by Sean Voisen. When he no longer had time to maintain the library full-time, we volunteered to host the project at Ignite. Several other community members than did work on the library as a new version. It's actually only very recently that we (Jive Software) have begun working on XIFF. For more details about why, see a blog entry I did about our <a href="http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/blogs/ignite/2007/10/31/our-client-strategy" rel="nofollow">client strategy</a>. In any case, I'm not sure when the next XIFF release will be out, but it's definitely not dead. :) Actually, XIFF isn’t abandoned at all. A small bit of history around the project might help though. It was originally authored by Sean Voisen. When he no longer had time to maintain the library full-time, we volunteered to host the project at Ignite. Several other community members than did work on the library as a new version. It’s actually only very recently that we (Jive Software) have begun working on XIFF. For more details about why, see a blog entry I did about our client strategy.

In any case, I’m not sure when the next XIFF release will be out, but it’s definitely not dead. :)

]]> By: Joshua Hoover http://imnotpete.com/2007/12/17/things-on-my-mind/#comment-194 Joshua Hoover Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:44:57 +0000 http://imnotpete.com/2007/12/17/things-on-my-mind/#comment-194 On abandoned open source projects... I think it's OK and to be expected. Think of it this way. When a commercial software package is abandoned, what are your options? At least with an open source package you have options. If XIFF is something some developers feel is worth continuing, I'm sure it'll happen. Otherwise, it dies and that's OK too. :) On abandoned open source projects… I think it’s OK and to be expected. Think of it this way. When a commercial software package is abandoned, what are your options? At least with an open source package you have options. If XIFF is something some developers feel is worth continuing, I’m sure it’ll happen. Otherwise, it dies and that’s OK too. :)

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