Re: [Fwd: Re: www.gtk.org]

[Shawn T Amundson <amundson eventloop com>]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:52:50AM -0600, Matt McClanahan wrote:
> 
> > I think the duplication between www.gtk.org and developer.gnome.org 
> > needs to be avoided somehow.  developer.gnome.org seems to get more
> > attention updating, but I'd bet that www.gtk.org gets more hits. 
> > And they duplicate a lot of things.  Perhaps we should combine them
> > and only have one site?
> 
> I'd be wary of merging the two, unless it was done in such a way that
> differentiating Gnome API's from GTK API's was done intuitively.  This is
> certainly possible, but it must be done with care, so that people who
> are interested in strictly GTK development don't feel abandoned.

GTK+'s API's start with gtk_ and GNOME's start with gnome_, and the
reference documentation is going to be differentiated by library, so
I don't see this as a concern.  I think that anything that isn't 
reference documentation should be written for the largest audience,
which is going to include GNOME development and not just GTK+ 
development.  But even so, we still have the GTK+ FAQ and the GTK+
tutorial, and I don't see those going anywhere.

> > I think the software list should be combine in some fashion with
> > Advogato's project list.  I think strenghtening it on Advogato has
> > more potential to help more projects than just GNOME alone, which
> > is a win for everyone.
> 
> Gnome's software database can certainly link over to corrosponding
> Advogato project (and developer) pages, but I don't think integrating them
> much beyond that.  If we're linking to offsite project listings, I'd
> like to also see the Freshmeat Gnome category be reconciled with Gnome's
> own app listing for consistency.

Freshmeat's database is now owned by a for-profit organization and as
such, is not suitable as a basis for GNOME's software map.  (You can 
prove me wrong by getting the current freshmeat database for us to use
as we see fit.)  Advogato does not have this problem; we can ensure that
all effort put into it will remain free - it's just an issue of defining 
licensing on content early on.

And I don't say this lightly.  Remember I did just what you were 
suggesting for GTK+ apps in general for gtk.org.  We even have an 
interface from scoop for marking apps as GTK+ apps, etc.  

-Shawn

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