Re: Tomboy replacement

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Patryk Zawadzki <patrys pld-linux org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Luis Villa <luis tieguy org> wrote:
>  > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Étienne Bersac <bersace03 laposte net> wrote:
>  >  > Hi,
>  >  >
>  >  >  Just rewrite sticky note using Vala, you will make some users happy
>  >  >  rather than poisoning d-d-l with flames. :)
>  >
>  >  Don't port sticky notes. It's so 1980s. Tomboy is teh awesome.
>  >
>  >  Seriously, I am very suprised that no one from the less central
>  >  languages has tried to port Tomboy to their suggested language of
>  >  choice (hello, Java people?) as a proof of concept to demonstrate that
>  >  their language is as useful as C#/Mono.
>
>  Why would one rewrite something that works perfectly? ;)

I would presume the people working on Java, Vala, etc. feel that their
language could do it better and/or with fewer legal encumbrances, so
given that Tomboy is indeed completely awesome I'm surprised no one
has previously tried to port it, even if the functionality is indeed
perfect.

>  Even more seriously, language is a tool and you are free to pick the
>  best tool for each job. It's better to have multiple lanugages crossed
>  in GNOME than to use the same old hammer to put everything in place
>  (even if a screwdriver would do a better job).

That particular issue has been discussed to death here before, so I
won't get into it, but suffice to say the question is not so clear
cut; look into the archives for extensive discussion why.

Luis