Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] What's going on?

["frank gaude'" <tanzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Charles, for your thoughtful reply.

You bet, I'd buy a commercial Linux version of Xara Xtreme, one like the 
Windows Pro, and pay at least USD $250 for it. <smile>

frank

Charles Moir wrote:
> Not a lot is happening right now. Our Xara developers are still tied up
> with commercial releases.  The conclusion from the recent discussion
> about Cairo was that we'd certainly support the inclusion of Cairo as a
> replacement engine for the currently closed-source CDraw, and that we'd
> incorporate such changes into the main build, which would create a truly
> free version of Xara Xtreme for Linux.  But we just do not have the time
> to do this work.
>
> I would have hoped some external contributors might have been
> interested.  But if not this perhaps reflects that there is relatively
> low interest and demand for Xara Xtreme on Linux.  If there were enough
> interest in creating a completely free Xara Xtreme for Linux, then I'd
> hope and expect some developer somewhere would be interested in doing
> the work.
>
> We'd like to see it, we'd support it, and provide what help we can, but
> it just can't be our developer-time right now.
>
> Charles
>
>
>   
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of frank gaude'
> > Sent: 03 April 2007 03:17
> > To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] What's going on?
> >
> > Gosh, can anyone give a report on what if anything is going 
> > on with Xara Xtreme for Linux?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > frank
> >
> > Neil Howe wrote:
> >     
> > > Yes, the list is very quiet again after a flurry of activity at the 
> > > end of last month!
> > >
> > > Hopefully someone out there is working on making Xara LX work with 
> > > Cairo as the renderer. So that the program will work with 
> > >       
> > either Cairo 
> >     
> > > or cdraw, as was discussed in some detail last month (see mail 
> > > archives at www.xaraxtreme.org/community/). It seemed like several 
> > > people were at least thinking about tackling this change - 
> > >       
> > but we've seen nothing yet.
> >     
> > > Everyone wants the changes to be made to the official Xara 
> > >       
> > LX source - 
> >     
> > > so there is no need for any forks.
> > >
> > > We aren't able to put any Xara resources back onto this 
> > >       
> > right now as 
> >     
> > > we're all snowed under with other work. But of course as soon as 
> > > someone implements these changes successfully we'll be glad 
> > >       
> > to check 
> >     
> > > them into the main repository.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Neil
> > >
> > >       
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > > >         
> > [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >     
> > > On
> > >       
> > > > Behalf Of Thomas Zastrow
> > > > Sent: 20 March 2007 21:21
> > > > To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [XaraXtreme-dev] What's going on?
> > > >
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > I just want to ask if there is something going on with XaraXtreme? 
> > > > The list is so quiet in the last weeks ...?
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >         
> > >       
>
>