Re: will the Bonobo Clipboard be accepted to be a part of the GNOME 2 API?

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 28Jul2001 10:48PM (+0200), ERDI Gergo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The Clipboard is, of course, an area where the more applications use it,
> the more sense it makes. I know I began implementing it relatively late,
> but I'd like to know if it's possible to make it a part of GNOME 2. 
> The current code is checked into CVS, in module bonobo-clipboard.
> 
> The IDL is not going to change (at least I hope so<grin>). The C API is
> not really developed yet as this would need some testing with the
> singleton monikers I'd like to use, but monikers are not working on my
> machine ATM. But it is going to be something really simple, nothing which
> you couldn't do with the equivalent CORBA methods.
> 
> The design and the way it will work from an end-developers point of view
> can be found in several mails on the gnome-components list, which I will
> summarize when I get to preparing the first release.


Hi,

I think if the API is not ready and the code has not really been
tested yet, the code is unlikely to be able to honestly meet the
upcoming freeze date.

Also, bonobo-clipboard raises a significant architectural question of
whether we want a bonobo-based clipboard mechanism to be the default,
or do something based on the normal X mechanisms for greater
compatibility with non-GNOME apps.

I would be surprised if we could all reach consensus on this question
in 3 days.

Remember, there's always GNOME 2.2 - we don't have to put everything
in this release.

Regards,

Maciej