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Perkin · 09-21-2013, 08:45 AM

I think that epub2 books will still be around for probably the next 10+ years, at least until 60~70% of users current (epub2 only) e-readers have stopped working, and nearly all end-users will then be using some sort of tablet, rather than dedicated e-reader, and can then have multiple apps installed for both epub2 and epub3.

So Sigil' current 7.03 will still be useful for books for that period, and as has been said used for partway of any epub3 creations. So no need to panic for the next 119 months...

Sigil 'as is' is still in good condition.

I don't know C of any sort, but would like to know how 'impossible' [c/w]ould it be to port the project to a more useable language - say Python, are any of the dependencies C++ only? Or could not be re-done in Python. Could it be done in 5-7 tears time? Also adding any new (few) features and fixing known bugs.

Perhaps also creating PySigil3 which would incorporate the epub3 spec with an epub2 import.

Perhaps @user_none is in best position to comment on feasability of that, as he knows the code so well and will know what sort of work would be needed.

You may get a lot more hobbyist contibutors for any PySigil version.

09-21-2013, 08:45 AM	#19
Perkin Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	I think that epub2 books will still be around for probably the next 10+ years, at least until 60~70% of users current (epub2 only) e-readers have stopped working, and nearly all end-users will then be using some sort of tablet, rather than dedicated e-reader, and can then have multiple apps installed for both epub2 and epub3. So Sigil' current 7.03 will still be useful for books for that period, and as has been said used for partway of any epub3 creations. So no need to panic for the next 119 months... Sigil 'as is' is still in good condition. I don't know C of any sort, but would like to know how 'impossible' [c/w]ould it be to port the project to a more useable language - say Python, are any of the dependencies C++ only? Or could not be re-done in Python. Could it be done in 5-7 tears time? Also adding any new (few) features and fixing known bugs. Perhaps also creating PySigil3 which would incorporate the epub3 spec with an epub2 import. Perhaps @user_none is in best position to comment on feasability of that, as he knows the code so well and will know what sort of work would be needed. You may get a lot more hobbyist contibutors for any PySigil version.