Re: gnome-libs 2.0 proposal

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 02:43:42PM +0000, Lee Mallabone wrote:
> >> Sounds great. My biggest question is, where/how can I help? Imho, one
> >> of the biggest problems with the current gnome-libs HEAD is that it
> >> takes a *lot* of determination and time just to patch/configure/build
> >> it and the dependencies, before any hacking can commence.
> > 
> > Your reasoning appears to be along the lines of "It needs work, so I don't
> > want to work on it - I would rather work on something that already works".
> 
> I want to work on it either way, but I was reasoning that if something 
> already works (to whatever extent) then that generally makes working on 
> it easier and more accessible to more people. Which I think is A Good Thing.

The reason why g-l head is harder to build is the fact that it's based on
gtk+ 2.0.  This is a primary goal of g-l 2.0, so even if you started with
stable you'd immediately port it to 2.0 and have the same "problem".  Once
patches get integrated after 1.4, g-l will get supprisingly easier to build.

George

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