Re: GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.3.0: "Mighty Atom"

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 19:02, Alan Johnson wrote:
> 
> I think it is taking a fairly large step to say that IM capability is of
> equal or greater importance than archiving.  We currently distribute
> packages as archives, and as such, archival is of fairly large
> importance in daily use on the desktop.
> 
> In addition, the size, installation time, and utility of FileRoller make
> it a more obvious candidate than GAIM for inclusion in the desktop
> release.  
> 
> And, I would even emphasize my previous point by saying if File Roller
> does not completely satisfy our requirements for release it should not
> be included, but I don't really feel that this is the case.

Uhh i'm fairly sure that 99.9% of computer using public has greater need
for a good IM client than an archive manager. 

dave