Maki Status

[Alex Huber]

Hi. I'm the creator of Maki. Let me clear a few things up.

On 10/16/26 18:30, Méven wrote:
> Maki seems like a redundant project over
> https://invent.kde.org/danagost/Kiview which has made some progress
> lately.
> I am already sponsoring and contributing to it personally.

By the time Maki was created, the KiView repository was inactive for 
over 5 months.

I've been closely monitoring it ever since starting Maki, not only to 
get a feel for what is necessary for an app like this, but also if there 
is action that warrants contribution. So I am very familiar with the 
project and its sponsorship status.

>
> I would welcome new contributors or maintainers to help there instead
> of spreading our efforts.

Where was this enthusiasm when I asked you in a discuss post showing off 
Maki after a few weeks of development? This post: 
https://discuss.kde.org/t/looking-for-feedback-maki-a-new-kde-inspector/46613

I specifically asked whether I should help out KiView or should create 
my own project to where you said you weren't very satisfied with KiView 
and that starting off "would be fine too". So I did start the project 
properly with focus on the things that you mentioned (Clean, 
maintainable code, D-Bus activation etc.).

Just before Kristen joined as sponsor there was a LOT of activity on 
KiView. At that point I tried to initiate a discussion on matrix about 
consolidating efforts and asked you to at least take a look at Maki, 
which you refused saying you don't have time.

> The roadmap would be on finishing incubation and then integrating into
> dolphin and plasma.
> With more contributors we could add more format support as well (epub...)
In the discuss post I mentioned I didn't really mind which project gets 
incubated, but since Maki is already incubated, maybe now there is a 
reason for you to look at it.
>
> Le ven. 16 oct. 2026 à 18:21, Kristen McWilliam <kristen at kde.org> a écrit :
>> I joined as co-sponsor, and Maki has graduated to playground. The repo is now available at https://invent.kde.org/system/maki
>>
>> We'll move to requesting review after making a few more improvements and checks. Assistance with the project is of course very welcome :)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 2:41 PM Alex Huber <alex.huber743 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Montag, 22. Juni 2026 21:41:19 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit Albert Astals
>>> Cid wrote:
>>>> El dimecres, 3 de juny del 2026, a les 22:00:10 (Hora d’estiu d’Europa
>>>>
>>>> central), Alex Huber va escriure:
>>>>> To whom it may concern:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, May 15th I mistakenly asked for Incubation on a project of mine
>>>>> called Maki. The current status of it is unknown to me at this time. There
>>>>> have been mentions of a sort of "short form incubation", which I would
>>>>> love
>>>>> to undergo assuming it is explained to me what it entails.
>>>>> As suggested in a sysadmin ticket, I have asked for help in the Matrix
>>>>> chat, but I assume no one knew what "short form incubation" means, so the
>>>>> message went unanswered.
>>>>> I chose to wait for any news on this as I was and am very confused by this
>>>>> situation.
>>>>> As it stands, Maki is very much usable and works for most file types.
>>>>> Access to Playground would mean being able to release an unstable version
>>>>> and get feedback for any bugs to fix. I would really like to make this
>>>>> project reality.
>>>>> I apologize if this message is again using the wrong medium of
>>>>> communication. I would really like some help with this.
>>>>> If anyone could clear me up on what my next steps should be, that would be
>>>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>> Did you ever get an answer on this?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>    Albert
>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Alex Huber
>>> I did on Matrix. Currently I'm waiting on Nicolas Fella for the inspection so
>>> I can get past the incubation. They seem busy currently, so it might take a
>>> while. If you'd be so inclined, I wouldn't mind some more developers looking
>>> over this so it actually gets along.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the engagement.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>    Kristen
>
Right now, at least one of us is wasting their time. I don't want it to 
be either of us.

If for some reason I did something to upset you personally, my DMs on 
Matrix are open to solve this privately.


Cheers,

     Alex