gnupic: [gnupic] When/Why did gpal get dropped ?
Subject:
Re: [gnupic] When/Why did gpal get dropped ?
From:
Craig Franklin ####@####.####
Date:
30 Jun 2005 02:40:15 +0100
Message-Id: <42C34E44.3000204@users.sourceforge.net>
Byron A Jeff wrote:
>On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 10:20:52AM +0100, Peter Onion wrote:
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>>I've just realised that gpal was a jal "clone" and that it's disappeared
>>from the latest gputils releases. When did that happen ?
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>gpal wasn't really a clone. Craig certainly had some other ideas.
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>I saw an announcement on gpal being pushed. But I can seem to locate it.
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>>I assume it was dropped due to lack of interest and/or lack of
>>developers ?
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>I think it was lack of support time from Craig. It's probably a hiatus.
>I can appreciate that sentiment. It's one of the reasons that I never
>released my NPCI compiler/interpreter combo. No time to support it.
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>>Had it progressed beyond jal ? Did it have any sensible bank switching
>>mechanisms ?
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>Craig has it listed as pre-alpha. The changelog entry indicates that it'll
>be back when it reaches alpha status.
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Correct.
