Re: gnome developer docs - not sgml

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

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> | On Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 11:12:18AM -0600, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> | > compiled on lots of platforms). But yes, most non-free systems don't come
> | > with all the software considered standard on Linux so you have to compile 
> | > it yourself. Too bad for them. ;-) 
> | 
> | ok too bad for me then :(, i suppose this mean it is no more a goal for gnome
> | 		to compile on any major UNIX plateform ?)
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> 
> Apparently the FSF and associated developers have decided (again) that 
> GNU/<insert OS here> is the only platform.  :-(  For all intents and purposes 
> GNOME is out of the running as a GUI for any platform but Linux.

What is this?  I have compiled GNOME in IRIX and Solaris myself.  Yes,
you have to install some extra libraries, but why is that such a
problem?

I rather depend on extra libraries than not providing the
functionality.  

Miguel.