Darktable is at Risk of Dropping Support for macOS

Darktable is at Risk of Dropping Support for macOS(petapixel.com)

25 points by trevortheblack 3 years ago | 4 comments

desro 3 years ago |

> [...] a single developer, Igor Kuzmin or “parafin,” has been responsible for macOS maintenance and packaging for the last 10 years. Kuzmin has indicated that he wishes to move on to other projects, which leaves Darktable without a macOS developer.

This would really bum me out and be a big loss to the FLOSS photography workflows possible on macOS. If I had the dev chops and the time, I'd jump on the opportunity.

Slightly tangential digression: I always say if I won the mega-MEGA millions, I'd immediately set out to fund Blender-level replacements for any offering Adobe (etc) has ever made. I really dream of a world where essential creative power-tools are free to anyone with the ability and inclination to use them (lowering the [technical] barrier of entry is good, too). Very happy that so many robust and featureful applications exist even without million+ dollar investments and salaried devs, darktable being one of them.

[edited to add quote for folks who don't want to read the article]

cyanydeez 3 years ago |

Apple is a walled garden. Unless you pay for their permission, it's not a worthwhile platform to develop for.

lockhouse 3 years ago | |

MacOS isn't walled at all. I can install anything I want on it, no "permission" required. Plus it is a legitimate UNIX system (officially certified and everything), you can even install an X server on it. Notarizing your software is optional and trivially worked around by end users, while still being fairly effective malware protection.

Now iOS is a different story.

snapetom 3 years ago | |

Thank you for a comment that has nothing to do with the article and contributes nothing to the discussion. Go back to Reddit if you're going to do that.