Re: [gnome-mud] Re: Changes in CVS

[Robin Ericsson <lobbin localhost nu>]

Jordi Mallach wrote:
> Hey Robin,

Hey there! :)

> > As of end of july I've been working on a new where I program Qt (Yeah, I 
> > know, but I actually like and it can explain why KDE is such a good 
> > framework :).
>
>
> Hrm, no comment. :)

I know, but it's really nice :)

> 1) gnome-mud needs many things, but not Yet Another Rewrite Plan.
> 2) using c++ would make the learning curve to our possible newcoming
> contributors a bit steeper. We *really* want to go the other way.
> 3) we've spent 2 years trying to finish a rewrite in glade, and we're
> nowhere near.

Ok, I buy that.

> If gnome-mud isn't a defunct gnome module today it's because Daniel has
> been poking here and there and trying to get his way through API manuals
> to learn how the new stuff should work. The other previous contributors
> to the project, including me and you, are either too busy, or too
> uninterested to keep going. I'd like to see gnome-mud release 0.11, but
> I really have way too mucho n my plate to do anything besides the little
> I do. I basically chat with daniel on IRC and try to give him the advice
> I think is best to get somewhere.
>
> Still, now that HEAD is what it should have been a while ago, we don't
> know too well what to do, because you were leading the effort.
>
> Robin, there's a lot of files currently unused in the build. Do they
> all need to be ported to libglade, or is some of that functionality
> already in some of the new source files? Do you have ideas on how to
> continue with the process?

Actually I don't remember, it was too long since I was working on it at 
all. Maybe I'll give a go and try to get a current GNOME environment 
working.


> The other day someone hammered me on the Debian BTS with wishlist bugs.
>
> See http://bugs.debian.org/gnome-mud

I saw that, I get those mail as well :)

> If someone asked me what would I base a rewrite of gnome-mud on, it's
> quite clear: pygtk. :)

java-gnome! :)

> On another front, I hope your daughter is doing very well! :)

She's doing very well, it was her third birthday this august and she's 
getting more clever every day :)

Btw, finally you got yourself a haircut :)

regards,
Robin