Re: intent to retire Scratch

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Matthew Miller wrote:
> Several years ago, I packaged up Scratch 1.4 -- the visual programming
> language for kids. However, it never really worked perfectly (it's not
> 64 bit clean) and upstream for this line is dead (as Scratch 2.0 is
> based on Adobe Air -- and hopefully _soon_ HTML5).
>
> I'd like to let go of ownership of the package, and unless someone else
> really wants to invest time into it, I think retiring it completely is
> the way to go.

I don't think working software (even if not perfect, but what software is?) 
should be dropped from the distribution like that, ESPECIALLY for software 
like this that involves user data (programs in this case). You should at 
least follow the normal orphaning process and give others a chance to pick 
up the package.

I would also like to point out that as long as Scratch 2.0 depends on Adobe 
Air, it is a no-go in a Free Software universe, and as such 1.4 is the 
latest usable version.

        Kevin Kofler
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