Re: gnome

[bratsche dfw net]

GNOME: "GNU Network Object Model Environment"

The "Network" part of the acronym might suggest to some that Unix variants
not supporting networking may not benefit from GNOME. =)  CORBA is an
essential part of the project.

> Just a short comment on the above qoute though; not all modern Unix
> variants support networking and physical disks (no hard disks).

We understand your argument and that your solution is the most ideal, but
given the goals of GNOME it simply doesn't work. One of the goals of GNOME
is to run on most modern versions of Unix, and most modern versions of
Unix don't have a kernel-level VFS and probably won't.

> My conclusion still holds; it is a mistake to take a kernel level API and
> place it in a library.  This applies only to monolithic kernels.  Kernels
> like the HURD and Plan9 are perfect for this.  But those kernel support
> the old method as well.  So in my professional opinion, it is wiser to
> stick with the old method for now, until the new kernel philosophies are
> better understood.  Putting a kernel API in a library is just bad design,
> when applied to monolithic kernel.
> 
> Also, where are all the fears coming from?  It won't work on this system,
> it won't work on that system.  Before MC was ported to FreeBSD, it didn't
> work on that system either.  Everyone is worried about all of the systems
> out there that doesn't support this kernel feature.  Why not worry about
> getting a good design and a functional environment before we worry about
> these systems?  Btw, the *BSD's does not have a problem with putting the
> vfs in the kernel.  So stop worrying.  People are porting new file systems
> into the OSS kernels all of the time.  I don't see people complaining that
> it will bloat the OS or it will make the system unstable or it will make
> maintaining the source harder or it will do this nasty thing.  I didn't
> see this type of whining when the mtools were moved into the kernel.
> 
> --jc
> --
> Jimen Ching (WH6BRR)      jching@flex.com     wh6brr@uhm.ampr.org
> 
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