Re: Tomboy replacement

["Sandy Armstrong" <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Luis Villa <luis tieguy org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Patryk Zawadzki <patrys pld-linux org> wrote:
>  >
>  > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Luis Villa <luis tieguy org> wrote:
>  >  > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Étienne Bersac <bersace03 laposte net> wrote:
>  >  >  > Hi,
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  Just rewrite sticky note using Vala, you will make some users happy
>  >  >  >  rather than poisoning d-d-l with flames. :)
>  >  >
>  >  >  Don't port sticky notes. It's so 1980s. Tomboy is teh awesome.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Seriously, I am very suprised that no one from the less central
>  >  >  languages has tried to port Tomboy to their suggested language of
>  >  >  choice (hello, Java people?) as a proof of concept to demonstrate that
>  >  >  their language is as useful as C#/Mono.
>  >
>  >  Why would one rewrite something that works perfectly? ;)
>
>  I would presume the people working on Java, Vala, etc. feel that their
>  language could do it better and/or with fewer legal encumbrances, so
>  given that Tomboy is indeed completely awesome I'm surprised no one
>  has previously tried to port it, even if the functionality is indeed
>  perfect.

People have attempted ports and from-scratch replacements in languages
ranging from C++ to Vala to Python.  Some of these have been
publicized, and sometimes we just get folks in #tomboy letting us know
they're working on a Tomboy replacement in their chosen language.  We
never really hear from them again.

I think it's hard, when there is already a working and maintained
application, to drum up excitement and motivation to work on a
replacement.  The most successful Tomboy "replacements" are apps like
Zim and Basket that have a different approach to note-taking, and thus
meet some users' needs better than Tomboy does.  They focus on
features and results instead of politics.

Just my 2 cents,
Sandy