Re: Mono bindings a blessed dependency? [Was: Tomboy in 2.16]

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Luis Villa wrote:
> On 4/20/06, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 22:38 +0200, David Neary wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Elijah Newren said:
> > > > But, a more important question: We currently only allow apps using the
> > > > python bindings into the desktop.
> > > Is this true, or is it just because no-one's ever asked?
> > We've had extensive discussions about it on this list. Python is the
> > only one that almost nobody objects to, and a lot of people would prefer
> > us not to use too many programming languages in the official Desktop
> > modules.
> >
> > But luckily, not everything needs to be in the Desktop. I certainly
> > wouldn't want to add the political, technical, and strategic baggage for
> > just a note taking utility.
>
> But lets be honest here. This discussion isn't about tomboy. We need
> built in search; we're getting some of our best reviews in ages
> because of our (currently optional) built in search:

well there's a huge problem with that - the memory usage of beagle would 
mean only high end machines would be able to run it. Tracker gives us a 
better alternative IMHO for integrated search as it rocks for *everyone* 
and not just the few.


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