Re: The Future of GNOME?

[Lyndon Drake <lyndon stat auckland ac nz>]

Hi,

I don't think that a new branch should necessarily be split off, unless
compatibility with older 1.0 releases goes.  It's cool to see new stuff
being done, but very little of the new features are in gnome-libs.  For
instance, ESD, GMF, GMC, Camel, and the mailer are separate from the
main libraries and core programs.

It would be nice to have a status/roadmap page on the website, though,
to let people know what's being done and what is planned.  This would
be especially useful for things like GMF, which are distinct from the
main Gnome libraries.  It could also be used to document which versions
of the libraries have which features (eg. the new gnome-druid interface
in the latest gnome-libs), so that users can solve compatibility
problems.

Lyndon

On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 02:32:30AM +0300, Ali Abdin wrote:
> Hi,
> I have seen the word GNOME 2.0 come up in a couple of posts lately. Nothing
> significant. But then I realized. KDE has a pretty clear goal in mind and
> has /plans/ for KDE 1.1.2 and plans for KDE 2.0 and it's pretty clear which
> direction its going (i.e. what they plan to incorporate and do their
> software). I haven't seen anything like that so far with GNOME. In fact, is
> anybody at all thinking about GNOME 2.0? After the 1.0 release we went into
> bug-fixing mode and we're still there apparently. Also, now we're throwing
> in new features and a ton of new stuff in the 1.0.x release of GNOME.
> Shouldn't the GNOME developers split off a new branch to start work with?
> Here's some stuff that I've learned about the next generation of GNOME just
> from browsing the mailing list.
> - The replacement of ESounD
> - The creation of the GNOME Multimedia Framework (GMF)
> - The discontinuation of GMC as the default GNOME desktop manager and the
> creation of a new desktop handler (gnome-desktop?)
> - The ability to re-size the panel
> - The creation of the 'camel' interface (is that its name?) as a back-end
> to the GNOME mailer
> - A new state of the art GNOME mailer (it'll compare to Microsoft Outlook
> as Gnumeric compares to Excel)
> - The integration of programs to create GNOME Workshop (Office Suite)
> Anything else?
> 
> 
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