Re: GnuCash page on GO site

[Derek Atkins <warlord MIT EDU>]

Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org> writes:

>> * Gnucash has a lot of custom widgets -- all of these need to be ported
>> * Gnucash uses a number of libraries/apis which don't exist in gnome-2:
>>   - ghttp
> Have a look at gnetwork

Nah, we just plan to rip out the dep.  Gnucash doesn't need to be a web
browser ;)

>>   - guppi
> This is unmaintined and has been replaced by the engine in
> libgoffice.  It is not as all powerful as guppi was and the api is
> still in flux, but it should get the job done.  It's flavour is part
> way between guppi-tank and guppi.

Is the API documented somewhere? (URL?)  Is there a "porting guppi apps
to libgoffice" doc somewhere?

Unfortunately I know nearly nothing about guppi -- it's code that was
written well before I came onboard.

>> * The gtkhtml api is drastically different..  And we're not sure whether
>>   we should be using gtkhtml-2 or gtkhtml-3
> That depends.  gtkhtml-3 == gtk2-ified gtkhtml
> gtkhtml2 was a rewrite that is less functional in some areas (does
> not include editing) but had solid accessibility support.

Sounds like gtkhtml-3 is an easier bet for us.

>> I'm sure I can come up with other issues, too.  But the number of
>> differences is extremely large, so the port is taking a significant
>> number of man-months to complete.  Considering we don't get many man-hours
>> of development time every month, it's taking a while.  If we had
>> full-time developers it would probably help significantly.
>
> Ain't that the truth.  Which is why to my mind, sharing the work
> load is an imperative.

Provided sharing the work load doesn't add to the work load..

-derek

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