Re: About GNOME 2.0 - The end of a dream

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

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On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Dietmar Maurer wrote:

> Joe Shaw wrote:
> 
> > > *** Many people had opinions on a matter they did not know anything about ***
> > >
> > > Many people stated their position based on very slim evidence, very
> > > slim understanding of the problem.
> >
> > Beyond that, though, there exists a larger problem: Who is maintaining
> > some of these modules is unclear, and the plan and vision for GNOME 2 is
> > neither well-communicated nor completely agreed upon among these
> > maintainers.
> >
> > It is pretty clear that Michael is the libbonobo and libbonoboui
> > maintainer, but who is in charge of libgnome and libgnomeui? Martin? If
> > we were going to shift to bonobo-conf, why was it at least perceived as
> > a major shift in the platform to everyone but Michael, Martin and
> > Dietmar?
> 
> Because people are totally confused about what we want, and what we have done. And
> maybe because we are working on that stuff, whereas others only talk about it.
> 

Dietmar, what happens if people continue to be confused and not wanting
your solution?

	Sander

One day a tortoise will learn to fly
	-- Terry Pratchett, 'Small Gods'