Re: What libs make GNOME GNOME2
- From: Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>
- To: "Curtis C. Hovey" <sinzui cox net>
- Cc: desktop-devel-list <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: What libs make GNOME GNOME2
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:16:41 +1000
<quote who="Curtis C. Hovey">
> A good measure. GNOME2 is defined as being API/binary compatible with
> it's minor numbers. 2.0 might be a better measure, 2.3 is gravy.
The developer platform is largely the same, however. Very few API additions,
and no substantial module changes (linc was internalised, but that's about
it).
> I'd like to keep the number of flames I receive for rating something as
> GNOME2 to a minimum. Having gnome_program_init get's a binding 1 star,
> 2 stars for a up to half the libs bound, 3 for the binding that does
> more. No half stars, no extra stars. a simple measure to catch the
> reader's eye. A brief description would be needed to describe the
> binding's strengths.
I'm not sure this is appropriate, "GNOMEness" means more than just use of
libraries. That's why I said "appropriate use of GNOME platform libraries"
before. For instance, an application may just use GTK+, libglade, GConf and
gnome-vfs, and it could be a perfectly GNOMEy program.
It's kind of hard to define in absolute terms at the moment, which is a bit
of a problem in itself. Kind of. At least to developers who think "I want to
write a GNOME program, how do I do that?" it's a problem. :-)
- Jeff
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