Re: Question About File Roller

[Ma Xiaojun <damage3025 gmail com>]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Alberto Ruiz <aruiz gnome org> wrote:
> A dedicated mailing list for such a small app is a bit of an overhead. As
> per a dedicated website I think the same, a wiki is easier to maintain and
> keep up to date. It would be a good idea to just shut down the webpage to
> stop google from showing it up as the main information source for file
> roller.
Well, I don't think file archiver is an unimportant component of desktop.
It may have relatively small codebase currently, tough.
What if you find yourself have trouble opening an archive from your
professor or boss?
File a bug on Bugzilla? Contact the author by E-mail directly? Ask in
desktop-devel-list?
I don't think a mailing list is an overkill.
Some mailing lists on other application are not that high volume too.

I would also run 7-zip with wine to workaround some problems.
But this should be a solution you would like, right?

> As per the other things, this is open source, it sure would be great if each
> app and library had up to date information and dedicated resources but our
> resources are limited to the people stepping up to do the job.
I know this for sure.

> If you think the file roller wiki page needs updating, this could be a great
> opportunity for you to cotribute to GNOME. Just figure out what's missing
> and what needs updating and add it yourself, that's what wikis are for. Any
> help is welcome Ma, thanks a lot for your feedback and I look forward to
> your contributions!
There isn't a portal-like wiki page yet.