From: "I5m ­­" Date: 2010-03-03T18:49:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Shoes? Steve Klabnik wrote: > As someone who's tangentially involved with the shoooes community, I > feel like I should drop off some comments here. > > Shoooes is still very much being developed, but it seems like only two > people are really contributing at the moment. Hi, I'll echo Steve's comments. Shoes is alive. Addressing some of the issues in this thread: * We have a Google group and use librelist. I often cross post to both, so you might see a post from me on the Google group with 0 replies, but someone has answered it on librelist. * Sometimes though we might have an entire week without posts (the horror!), but that doesn't mean Shoes is dead, just that we all have other things to do. * The shoes website, shoes.heroku.com has been up and running since mid 2009. I've never noticed it being down?? * As to Github activity, remember to check out the network. Ashbb (http://github.com/ashbb/shoes) has done a lot of work with the Windows version of Shoes. He often blogs about Shoes (http://vgoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Shoes) and writes whole swathes of technical insights as he's been developing it (http://github.com/ashbb/shoes_hack_note). He also releases recent builds for Windows. * Shoes IRC. Highly unsupported. Unfortunately I can't get on IRC from work. And I'm mainly doing Shoes stuff at work (I have a semi-legitimate work related excuse Mr. Employer!). At home my main computing platform is now an iPod: I did start dropping in on the IRC channel, but quickly realised it was pointless because I wouldn't be able to fire up Shoes to answer technical queries. If only I could get the missus off Facebook and to stop making me build Chicken coops for invisible chickens, I could get on my mac and do more at home. * Mental (http://github.com/mental) and GreatSeth (http://github.com/greatseth) took stewardship of the Shoes project. Unfortunately, both have been inactive with Shoes of late. * We are currently lacking active Linux and OSX developers. My disclaimer: I wouldn't really consider myself a Shoes developer, I try, but my efforts are usually eclipsed by Ashbb. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.