Re: GNOME Office app options

[Pat Eyler <pate gnu org>]

Of these I'd vote for number 2.  It would be nice to have a regular
release of GNOME Office to work with as it matures ... As the apps
involved become more integrated, having unified release to work with will 
allow non-application hackers like me to release things like templates and
macros/plugins a little more easily (i.e., 'it works with GNOME Office 0.8'
as opposed to 'you need gnumeric 0.9, gnucash 2.0.x, and abiword 1.2').

-pate


On 29 Aug 2000, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

> 
> So we have three options here basically:
> 
> 1) Include some subset of the apps and ship them as part of GNOME 1.4
>    proper (i.e. what we've done in the past).
> 
> 2) Split the apps off into a "GNOME Office" release, possibly giving
>    it a scary version number.
> 
> 3) Keep each app on a separate release schedule. Don't release GNOME
>    Office as a whole until some other criterion is met (stability,
>    integration, completeness...).
> 
> I'd like it if folks who have a strong opinion would indicate which of
> these options they like best.
> 
> Personally, I think option 1 is the worst. I don't think any of the
> criticisms folks have raised for option 2 apply any less to option 1
> (difficulty of synchronizing releases, instability, lack of
> integration), and it has the additional difficulty of making release
> coordination of all of GNOME more complex.
> 
> But we should definitely strive to find consensus here.
> 
>  - Maciej
> 
> 
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