Re: GNOME dependent on Mono

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms 1407 org>]

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 08:03:38PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I read http://boycottnovell.com/2007/11/05/gnome-mono-yelp/ with
> great concern.

(...)

> However, making GNOME depend on Mono is running a grave risk, and a
> grave mistake.  If the article accurately describes the situation, I
> think we need to launch a high-priority project to reimplement Yelp in
> some other language.

RPM (as used in most distributions) is not as flexible as DEB and a
badly made package will bring in *optional* dependencies as if they were
required.

People are very freaked out and nerves on a real fringe, so it's very
easy to trigger alarm. We have Novell, as a huge puppet from Microsoft's
manouvers to divide the Free Software community, to "thank" for so much
friction.

Rui

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