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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."

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  1. Re:This is why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've noted in my career that you see this happen to proprietary products (of all types). Unless the product has large well organized team and good cash flow to support it, the departure of a keep person often results in the product becoming an orphan. The hurdle of training up a new staff member is too large compared to other things the company could spend money on, and the product dies.

  2. Re:This is why by KlomDark · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oh, so like WinAmp? Gone after Dec 20, 2013.

    // I'm one of the weirdos who still think it's the best and am gonna miss it. Just bought WinAmp for Android less than two months ago.

  3. Re:Still involved on September 16 by epyT-R · · Score: 1, Informative

    Why not? Direct experience isn't the only means of gathering information.

  4. Re:I still don't know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Then read the summary.