Re: Did GNOME go 1.0 too early?

[Andy Kahn <kahn zk3 dec com>]

On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 01:04:51AM -0500, Greg Fall wrote:
> > GNOME isn't supposed to be for Linux only.  believe it or not,
> > there's the rest of the Unix world too. :)
> 
> Not accusing A.K. necessarily (don't have any of his original posts so 
> hou could I)...
> 
> The solution to missing package kits for other architectures is for a
> person who needs to them to MAKE THEM and then CONTRIBUTE THEM, not for
> said person to gripe about a bunch of volunteers not doing it for him
> (okay, maybe a few of them are being paid, a little).  Remember, this is
> OSS.

that's one possible solution, and not the best one.  the person
complaining may not be a developer in the first place!  what if
it's just non-technical person who just happens to be using a Unix
that GNOME didn't provide a package for??  certainly, you are not
about to tell that person, "Go make it yourself.  the whole world
would benefit."  however much they might like to help, they are
incapable of doing so.

i think the better solution would be to provide the packages for
the most popular one (e.g., Solaris), and for all the others, that
missing documentation would be nice.
--andy