Re: Proposal for First Draft of GNOME Style Guide 1.1

[Bowie Poag <bjp primenet com>]

> > Let me know what you think!
Love it.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > ---------------
> > Levels of Compliance
> > 
> > C1 - Mandatory (bare minimum)
> >      Only the essential styles, to allow quicker GNOME
> >      compliance for new apps.
> > 
> > C2 - Recommended (needed for a proper GNOME app)
> >      Features and behavior needed to make an app a full-blooded
> >      GNOME app.  (Only C2+ apps allowed in GNOME distribution?)
> > 
> > C3 - Suggested (should be there)
> >      More advanced, harder-to-implement features, beyond the
> >      call of duty, yet still within the core group of styles.
> > 
> > C4 - Optional (fringe feature)
> >      The more controversial features that haven't been accepted
> >      by the community as a whole, but are fully implemented & stable.
> > 
> > C5 - Under Development (cutting edge, not official style yet)
> >      Experimental features that are not fully implemented or
> >      supported yet.  (Will fall into C4 or C3 when fully
> >      realized)
> 
> I like these categories.  Minor point, a C5 could very well end up as a
> C1 or C2 (eg. propigation of a security issue or something).
> 

Ditto. I was originally going to call for only 3 levels of compliancy in
the skeleton, but i've been persuaded to do 5. :)