The project is headed to oblivion, that much is evident from the last 2+ years. It will keep bleeding user-base due to lack of support and bugfixes for one; likewise the lack of new features.
– [I asked ChatGPT how to sound a bit nicer and it said “The project seems to be heading toward stagnation”. 
I am putting this here, so you’all know I am aware of your feelings. Let’s not (mis)interpret energy/passion for being confrontational, ok?] –
Just in the last month, suddenly can’t even build normally because a dependency snapshot can no longer be downloaded it seems! This is another small repo, an implementation of the planning centre interface by @berry120.
implementation group: 'org.quelea', name: 'planning-center', version: '0.3', changing: true
Before it wasn’t a build issue, now it is! What I assume is happening here, is perhaps some supporting dependency server/repo has expired or something of the sort. Point being, things like that will keep happening and already are. If there is no user-base there is no incentive to develop externally and even internally.
What can be done? A plan …
A plan/vision is formed by @berry120 with the community( even if just a little ). At least so we can look forward to something. It’s about @berry120 saying:
- “ I plan to do this/that, on a so and so basis. I won’t stick strictly to it, but it will be on best effort. Here are some general ideas …. “ - great!
- Or it could be - “I am no longer planning to actively maintain this. I will appoint someone who will maintain the project and occasionally oversee it!” - that’s also cool!
- Or just - “Everyone jump ship, this is no longer my priority. The project will not be actively maintained! I am not handing it over for support to anyone else. ” - fair enough man, we move on with life!
So here I am asking a very clear question especially to @berry120 but also the community.
I am handing over ~40 features in about 700 commits on a silver platter, do you or anyone want to make any use of any of them?
We can have a call or exchange emails, or have a public discussion. Other users could join and we could revitalise the project. For example, I could do the integration and @berry120 can just oversee it if he wants; options - there are many. We could work together and do something with it.
I don’t care if none of my work is integrated, though I think it would be shame if users can’t benefit from it! What I am mostly advocating for, is a clear communication of intention from @berry120 to which I or anyone else can get on board with.
YES or NO is fine by me!
I want everyone to know, I dislike being the bearer of bad news and also seeing all of @berry120’s previous work and effort become obsolete; and along with the ultimate benefit of the users are the ONLY reasons I am bringing this to everyone’s attention again!
I want to know from @berry120, do you at least want to try to work together on this? We can at least see if you are interested in any or what I have done or maybe what we could do with it; other users might offer code or ideas; and we do a release for some time next year.
Personally, I got what I wanted from this project and my expansion pack which I actively and regularly use works nicely for me! I now have the experience and some amazing ideas along with the confidence to make a whole new presentation app should there ever be an incentive to do so!
God bless you all and looking forward to @berry120’s reply!