Re: gnome developer docs - not sgml

[luther maxime u-strasbg fr]

On Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 05:13:17PM -0600, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
> > +-----
> > | 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 ?)
> > +--->8
> > 
> > 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?
> 

Which one do you need to install ????

i am trying to compile gnome-libs since version 0.30 was released, without much
luck ...

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

yes you are right, but it ias not nice to depend on uncompilable libraries and
other such. I think automake/autoconf can check for the existence of a
compatible version of said libraries ...

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER