Re: Quo vadis, GNOME? (was: Getting Bugzilla support into Bug-buddy)

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

> I understand that.  however, please don't be angry that the core of the desktop
> is no longer the central focus of development.  Look at Linux as a whole:
> the kernel is no longer the only place that attracts developers.  GNOME

Thats not the problem. Wake up and look around. The kernel core is still
maintained. We don't have the kernel falling to pieces while we all go and
write a cool driver for the S/390 mainframe.

Thats what is happening in Gnome. Much of the libraries don't need great new
adventure, and Im actually glad a lot of the new 'megawidgets' are being pushed
into seperate libraries.

If things continue as they do then once the foundations rot through, which isnt
that far off, the entire edifice will come tumbling down.

As to the other point. I agree a GNU project should not be demanding personal
data and registrations. I don't think I'd go as far as trying to get people
to scrub logos and stuff off. Eazel wrote nautilus (well most of it) and
Ximian wrote most of Evolution. There is a difference between tasteful
credit and blatant advertising/commercialism but you can go too far in both
directions

Alan