Re: theme apology

[Kevin Miller <sar hempseed com>]

Excuse me.

I am new to cvs and the entire structuring.. the question had been asked
before, and no hostility was shown, but the question wasn't answered.
All I meant by it was why wasnt the themes-2 branch instead of being
separate, why arent the themes being developed with the main gtk+, not
moving themes to be the main gtk+ branch... sorry if i was misunderstood.
It would just make sense to develop themes as its own branch that was
developed alongside gtk+ so it would have a better chance of conforming to
what gtk+ main does.  Instead, in the long run, there is a big chance that
gtk+ and themes-2 will be largely different, and someone will have to get
both to use themes and gtk, but wont be able to use themes on all gtk+
apps..

Your arguement is stable, and good resoning, I think it would be wrong to
just dump something into gtk+ branch also, but why not have themes-2 as
its own branch, instead of being a gtk+ branch, and developing it with
gtk+ main, instead of its own.  All I wanted was a good answer, not a
putdown.

sar


 On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, John R Sheets wrote:

> Kevin Miller wrote:
> > 
> > I had no problems getting themes working.. just getting themes and apps
> > that need the regular gtk+ dont seem to coincide too well...
> > gimp needs functions that the themed version doesnt have.
> > themes need functions that the regular gtk+ doesnt have
> > 
> > as was asked previously, why isnt the themes-2 the main branch?
> 
> Ahem.
> 
> I would assume it's because gtk+ themes are still very
> experimental and not stable enough for the main distribution. 
> While it's true that putting them into the main branch would lead
> to faster debugging, it would also break one of the most
> fundamental components of GNOME...for the very reasons you
> brought up.  Themed gtk+ breaks the gimp, and who knows how many
> other apps.  GNOME is constantly fighting against instability as
> it is.  Throwing it a theme curveball right now probably isn't
> the best strategy.
> 
> And there's also the issue of making major experimental changes
> in someone else's project without their explicit approval.  Isn't
> the gtk+ cvs tree that we use the *main* gtk+ development tree? 
> If Raster (who has waaaay too much sense to do so) had gone
> tromping through the main gtk+ branch with all the engine-level
> changes he was making, the response would have been horror and
> chastisement.
> 
> To be honest, I'm a little surprised that this is even a
> question.
> 
> John
> 
> 
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