On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 22:22, Carlos Garnacho wrote: > El mi? 28-05-2003 a las 22:02, Joe Marcus Clarke escribió: > > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 15:44, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > gnome-system-tools > > > > > > This module is being discussed on d-d-l at the moment. Left undecided. > > > > > > > In general, I agree with all the choices. I like the idea of g-s-t, but > > it currently lacks FreeBSD and Solaris support. Every time I've tried > > to contact the g-s-t developers to get some guidance, tips, etc. on > > implementing FreeBSD support, I've been ignored. It seems to me, this > > is the most platform-specific component of the desktop, and if I had to > > point to what doesn't belong, it would be this. > > could you define "ignored"? it's true that you sent an unanswered mail, > but please, don't confuse my lack of time with ignoring people, as I > can't force the other developer(s) to give his opinion and answer people > in the setup-tools-hackers list. Forgive me. I didn't mean to flame. Ignore was too strong of a word. I understand lack of time. My point was more to the lack of cross-platform functionality. > > I thought that this was a solved issue (I apologized widely in the > answer to your second mail), and I just answered to _all_ the questions > you made in both mails [1] Thanks. I'll check it out. I don't my why I never received it in my own INBOX. Again, I apologize for the word "ignore." > > Regarding to the platform-specificness of the gst, I agree, and I must > remember that the gst are __potentially__ cross-platform, but in the > other hand, I'd expect platform users or developers collaboration for > getting new distros or platforms added in gst, I think I just can't hold > the weight of doing gst truly cross-platform for all the environments > supported by gnome. I fully support this. Like I said, g-s-t looks cool, and I am willing to do the work for FreeBSD. I guess my point is about g-s-t's _current_ readiness for 2.4. > > [1] > http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/setup-tool-hackers/2003-May/000097.html Thanks, again. Joe > > > > > Don't get me wrong, g-s-t looks great, and is probably very useful to > > Linux users. I just wonder if it's too platform dependent for the base > > desktop. > > > > Joe > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus FreeBSD org http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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