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Is anyone else puzzled by the idea of f.lux consuming 14 developer years (at least according to the article), it's an awesome app but that seems like a huge number for what it is: a gui interface to a very simple function*.

[0] http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/sct-set-color-temperatur...

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"...Now to be fair most of this is the result of OpenBSD ports choosing to build and package optional dependencies, including the GUI..."

I suspect the people who produce and maintain the ports builds are putting all the options in to cover as many use-cases as possible. I've noticed that some OpenBSD ports give alternatives to pick from with different compilation options. I suspect that might be impractical for many choices.

Now I'm wondering if I can build sct.c on the Slackware box and have a play with a bash script setting the colour temp by time of day for current latitude...

there is a whole bunch of stuff built but unreleased outside of the app.

What kind of stuff?

It is complicated. I only know because I am a friend, so we have to wait till he releases stuff.

Will it be released as open-source? Doesn't really make sense to develop it as a closed-source application, when the application itself is offered for free, and open source versions exist already.

this is a very small understanding of what they are trying to build.

That's a rather ambiguously worded sentence.

Who lacks understanding of what they're trying to do? I know I do, and that's because they're apparently not making mention of it.

If this is true, it's unfortunate. Things like flux should have a small footprint and a small working domain. I'm willing to spare some complexity for usability tools, but always end up getting off the bus when it gets too heavy.

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