Re: [seedkit-list] SeedKit library and SeedKit Viewer 0.1 Release Announcement

["Andre \"Osku\" Schmidt" <andre osku schmidt googlemail com>]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Alexandre Mazari <scaroo gmail com> wrote:
> SeedKit library and SeedKit Viewer 0.1 Release
> http://live.gnome.org/SeedKit
>
> The SeedKit project is happy to announce the simultaneous releases of both
> the SeedKit library and viewer.
> It is the first ever release of the SeedKit project.
> SeedKit view's consumers, documentation writer, hybrid applications
> developers and contributors are welcome to test/modify/contribute. Any help
> gladly appreciated !
>
> Notes:
> * This is unstable development release. While it has had
>  a bit of testing, there are certainly plenty of bugs
>  remaining to be found. This release should not be used
>  in production.
> * No API compatibility guarantee is provided. The interfaces are susceptible
> to change until the 1.0 release.
> * to pre-release testers : the project was split recently and changed its
> license terms, please update your copy of the original repository and clone
> the viewer one (see bellow).
>
> == What it does ? ==
>
> With SeedKit, a developer can choose to define the user interface of a
> native application in pure web standard technologies (HTML/CSS/Javascript).
> Alternatively a developer of an existing GTK+ application can embed a
> SeedKit view within the current interface.
>
> == What is it ? ==
>
> The SeedKit project currently consists of two modules:
>
> * SeedKit library: HTML view Gtk+ widget with access to lower-level
> libraries and systems within its Javascript environment. It is build around
> the Gtk+ port of WebKit [0] and Seed [1]. Licensed under the LGPL 3+[2]
> terms.
> * SeedKit viewer: a simple command-line viewer/launcher for applications
> whose views are defined in pure web standard technologies, while accessing
> lower-level libraries and systems (hybrid applications). Licensed under the
> GPL 3+ [3] terms.
>
> Examples of hybrid applications are provided in the examples/ directory of
> the seedkit-viewer package.
>
> == Download ==
>
> SeedKit release packages are currently hosted on a personal public dropbox
> folder until a proper solution is found.
> SeedKit library 0.1:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5746554/seedkit-releases/seedkit-0.1.tar.gz
> SeedKit viewer 0.1:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5746554/seedkit-releases/seedkit-viewer-0.1.tar.gz
>
> To follow the SeedKit development, you should clone the following
> repositories on Gitorious:
> git://gitorious.org/seedkit/seedkit.git
> git://gitorious.org/~scaroo/seedkit/seedkit-viewer.git
>
> == Building and installing ==
>
> The SeedKit library compilation depends on the presence of :
>  * gtk-3.0 >= 2.90
>  * webkit-3.0 >= 1.3.3
>  * seed >= 2.31.5
>
> The viewer only depends on the SeedKit library's presence.
> Both can be compiled and install using the classic "./configure && make &&
> sudo make install" sequence.
>
> == Contact ==
>
> Concidering its low maturity, expect to experience bugs and misbehavior.
> Please report any issue, expectation or remark to the SeedKit mailing-list
> at seedkit-list gnome org [4] until a proper bug-tracker is be set or used
> (hello sysadmin team ;)
> Of course, drop a mail on the list if you want to participate in the SeedKit
> development too !
>
>
> [0] http://webkitgtk.org/
> [1] http://live.gnome.org/Seed
> [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
> [3] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
> [4] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/seedkit-list
>
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awesome! very nice to see development going forward.

on which distro do you people develop ? do you build seedkit depends from git ?

.andre