Re: [gnome-db] [mergeant] Status ?

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 17:57 +0100, Vivien wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 15:27 +0100, Vivien wrote:
> >> >
> >>
> >> I agree with having only one UI library in the future, it's going to be
> >> easier for all the developpers.
> >>
> >> Libgnomedb is quite stable and libmergeant is not yet stable (still some
> >> bugs and the API is still changing often), so I think it's better if we
> >> wait for a rather stable version of libmergeant before we merge the two
> >> libraries.
> >>
> > ok, let's wait then for post mergeant-1.0 to do it.
> 
> Or at least wait to have a stable libmergeant version, which should occur
> before mergeant.
> 
> >
> >> I'm at the moment writing a complete application with libmergeant which
> >> allows me to fast-debug it and make it more useable.
> >>
> > what kind of app is that? Is it similar to mergeant? I ask because
> > mergeant HEAD needs a lot of love, and myself haven't been able to
> > dedicate any time at all to it.
> 
> No, it's a dedicated application to manage some data we have at work; and
> it's built using libmergeant and glade.
> 
> >
> > Could you also please commit the stuff you've got for libmergeant you
> > mentioned in your other mail? Also, would you have a little time to at
> > least start the basics in mergeant HEAD and then let other people
> > continue with the development? I stopped working on it, apart from
> > because of lack of time, because I had to have a deep look at
> > libmergeant to continue, and time didn't allow me to do that, so if we
> > could have a bit of help from you in starting the development in HEAD, I
> > guess that would be great.
> 
> Yes, I'll do this ASAP, in the mergeant's HEAD module, and I'll also put
> the doc there. This will probably be next week...
> 
> I'll also spend a bit of time on the new mergeant to bootstrap it so it's
> easier for other people to start working on it.
> 
> I'd also like to write a very simple application with libmergeant to show
> the basic ideas and how to use it; a kind of lear example.
> 
all this sounds great, thanks!

cheers