Re: Epiphany strategy vs. Firefox

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Michael,

Op maandag 28-04-2008 om 13:52 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Michael
Torrie:

> I personally don't have any problem with Mono existing, or people using
> C#, but certainly for core Gnome stuff, it's not going to fly. 

Well, technically, Epiphany extensions aren't core Gnome stuff.

> He apparently originally created Capuchin in python, and then, for some
> inexplicable reason, moved it to C#.  I wonder if using Vala for
> Capuchin might have been a much better move: C#-like language, but
> compiles to C with no runtime baggage and fits in perfectly with how
> Gnome libraries are structured.

I may agree with you but that doesn't really matter: he who writes the
code, gets to decide. In any case, if I understand correctly, Capuchin
works via communication over D-BUS, so it should be possible to replace
it by any other extension management app that implements the same
protocol.

regards,

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Reinout van Schouwen