Project stalled - developers welcome!

[ciromattia]

HI guys, I'm pinning this issue to make you know this project is somehow stalled.
I plan to pick it up and review issues & PRs for keeping it functional, but it will take some time (which I don't have plenty at the moment ;) ).
If someone wants to join the team it's very welcome!

Since then, stay healthy!

C.

[darodi]

Hello @ciromattia

Without news from you, I've been maintaining a fork here with PR merged and sometimes, new changes (CI, Docker, linux distribution, appImage, changes in GUI, ...)
https://github.com/darodi/kcc

I would be glad to help.

Best regards,
D.

[paolovinoya]

I wish I could try as a first-time python developer. Would be glad to learn the ropes on some small tasks.

[darodi]

@ciromattia

You were talking about a major rework in progress in v6.
Is this still ongoing?

[ciromattia]

Hello @darodi, I checked your work and just made you a collaborator, welcome aboard!
@paolovinoya if you want to clone the repo and submit your first PR you're welcome, feel free to checkout @darodi changes and work on remaining issues.

@darodi the rework in v6 was planned by @AcidWeb but his last commit was some years ago, I don't know if he's still around and working on it, so for now it's frozen, maybe he can tell you his plans for it.

[AcidWeb]

Hi,
KCC was my first major Python project and from the perspective of years I consider the current state of the code as terrible :-P
Participation in this project got to the point where it stopped being fun and started being a second job.

During the pandemic, I started a major refactor that should culminate as V6 release but I didn't particularly have the will to finish it. And I don't have anything worth sharing.

So overall, I consider my work here over.

The build pipeline requires total rework and Windows binary should be digitally signed to migrate many QA issues. I would suggest switching to GH releases. When they will be in place let me know - I will redirect the domain to them.

[darodi]

Hello @darodi, I checked your work and just made you a collaborator, welcome aboard!

@ciromattia
Thanks!
I'll start merging PR soon,
add changes from my fork
and clean up issues.

[axu2]

@darodi Could I be a collaborator and help with closing open issues and releases? I feel bad for introducing a pdf order bug in v5.6.3 and leaving it released for months (and the fix has already been merged to master). I think my work in PRs and answering issues here and on mobileread speaks for itself. I only have Windows/macOS though, so won't be able to help with Linux.

[darodi]

@axu2
I wouldn't mind but I don't have access rights to add collaborators

** Edit ** nevermind... I see you have access now.

[ItsFireninja]

Just wondering, is Github Codespaces supported?