#22684: Growl: Update to latest version ---------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: ryan@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: update | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: haspatch Port: Growl | ---------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by mojca@…): Can someone quickly recap the situation and correct me? * This used to be one of the best notification systems. * After version 1.2.2 it became a payed software on app store, with the latest version 2.1.3 released on 29th October 2013 being sold for $3.99 on App Store. * One can fetch the sources for the same software on [https://code.google.com/p/growl/source/list Google Code] (latest tag 2.1.2, latest commit on 12th Oct, 2013), compile them and get the same functionality as with payed version(?) * The sources need at least 10.7 to be compiled (which wouldn't be acceptable years ago, but might be acceptable now). No clue whether the software still compiles & works on 10.10 and later. * The development stopped completely in October without any official notice about the end of development. There were a number of attempts to attract more users by offering some [http://growlmac.tumblr.com/ discounts], but the last post was in December 2013. * In January 2016 the sources will be removed from Google Code (as Google code is shutting down) and vanish in Ethernity. * (Growl for Windows has been "rescued" and transferred to GitHub, even though there doesn't seem to be happening much either.) * The introduction of System Notifications & the fact that Growl became a payed application (at almost the same time) meant pretty much "the end" of the app. * Despite that a number of apps still support Growl, so it's not entirely obsolete yet. Can someone please correct my guesses? -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/22684#comment:25> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X