Re: Notes from the Desktop Architects Meeting

[Glynn Foster <Glynn Foster Sun COM>]

Hi,

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Here's a list of concrete actions some GNOME people could do:
>
>  - look that portland doesn't do anything we don't like, or go and do
>    the GNOME part of the job
>  - join the LSB mailing lists and be active there

I think Brian Cameron is involved in that forum - or was under the 
impression he was, perhaps not actively.

>  - help pushing the freedesktop.org spec out of the draft status

Completely agree here.

>  + Portland project
>    - general feeling of nearly everyone was that it's sad that GNOME is
>      not involved in this effort
>    - would be nice to get someone to at least look at the project and
>      provide feedback
>    - Waldo and some KDE people wanted to make a joint GNOME/KDE
>      statement about the project ("we love it"). Is this something we
>      want to do?

I personally have issues with it because I can't get over the fact that 
Portland is building on 'unstable or draft' specifications. Build the 
bricks, *then* build the wall. I guess others have difficulties that 
we're not encouraging our own toolkit APIs.

>  + Standards
>    - some freedesktop.org discussion. Some specs should really leave the
>      draft status.
>    - some KDE people thought that GNOME was not involved enough on
>      xdg-list. I'm not sure why.

Because everyone who does get involved gets worn out after a short 
period? And those that we would like to get involved are already spread 
thin as it is?

>  + aKademy will try to have a track on standards.
>    - it's in Dublin, at the end of September.
>    - maybe we should send some people there?

I could probably encourage some of the Sun desktop team to attend some 
of the tracks.



Glynn