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Kdenlive Developer Jean-Baptiste Mardelle Is Missing

Posted by timothy on from the hope-all-is-well dept.

jones_supa writes "Kdenlive's project leader Jean-Baptiste Mardelle, who always used to let people know if he was going to be away for a couple of days, seems to have just disappeared. His last e-mail and blog post were in early July and they didn't suggest any problems. While there's many Kdenlive fans out there for the KDE-focused open-source video editor, it seems new development efforts around the project have ceased. Also the Kdenlive Git repository hasn't seen any new commits (aside from the automated l10n daemon script) since early July. There has been also people in KDE forums and Kdenlive developers' mailing list pondering about the status of the project, being left none the wiser."

8 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. My theory by Hamsterdan · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's been kidnapped by a Gnome

    --
    I've got better things to do tonight than die.
    1. Re:My theory by lxs · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah. They sent Jodie Foster to interrogate him in his cell.

  2. Re:maybe he's in a secret CIA torture prison... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The CIA does not torture.

  3. Re:maybe he's in a secret CIA torture prison... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Thanks for the informative inside leak AC!

  4. Live by the media, die by the media. by VortexCortex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Given the nature of the Kdenlive software itself, video editing, I think it would be foolish to rule out a mafiAA hit.

  5. Re:Hate to say it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We've had two people die in the year and a half since I started this job, we still release and bugfix.

    And you're still there?! Get out while you have a chance!

  6. Re:Hate to say it... by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 4, Funny

    What are you talking about? He's discovered the holy grail. What do you do with a bad developer? Kill him and the company will hire a replacement. Brilliant.

  7. Re:Still involved on September 16 by chromas · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm pretty sure he was being sardonic.