Re: GNOME 1.4 package list

[Bob Smith <bob thestuff net>]

> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:09:11AM +0300, Ali Abdin wrote:
> > >  Package             Version in last release   New
> > > Version   Critical  Contact
> > >      GTM                                             0.4.5         No  Bruno Pires Marinho <bapm@rnl.ist.utl.pt>
> > 
> > I agree - I love this little application :) The one bad thing that I currently
> 
> I agree that this is a useful application, but I don't think it makes
> much sense to mark this as part of the "official" GNOME 1.4 platform.
> I fail to see how labeling every mature or almost mature GNOME program
> officially part of GNOME is of any benefit.  Those who package and
> distribute GNOME won't feel limited to whatever is labeled GNOME 1.4
> anyways, and adding apps like this merely adds to the already
> difficult task of coordinating the release.
> 
> Maciej, you asked earlier for concrete examples of applications which
> went too far; this is the first thing that caught my eye, and I'll try
> to do a more thorough job as soon as I have a few more spare cycles.

To people with slower internet connections and even some people with
faster ones,
a program to facilitate downloads is very important. Having it in gnome
1.4 would 
save us all time and trouble downloading a downloader. :)

> 
> -- 
> Ian Peters
> itp@helixcode.com