Re: xscreensaver capplet.

[Bradford Hovinen <hovinen ximian com>]

On 23 Jul 2001 18:36:02 -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> We need to have some public discussion before adding packages to the
> GNOME platform. Can we get a post from the GAL maintainers committing
> to maintain GAL in sync with GNOME releases, keep the API stable,
> etc., etc., and outlining exactly what's in GAL and that kind of
> thing?
> 
> My concern about ETable is that it is a HUGE hunk of code, which we
> suddenly have to stabilize for GNOME releases. I don't see any real
> reason it's needed for that capplet - CList can be hacked to have the
> check buttons, we can send you instructions, and GtkTreeView will do
> this in 2.0. At the moment ETable is a big chunk of code that's not in
> the set of things we have to think about to ship a working desktop. So
> it's a big step to make. I'm not saying it's bad, but needs thinking
> through.

The capplet used to use CList in exactly that way. If necessary we could
restore that code and have it use CList again.

> I think it's essential to keep the core GNOME desktop and all
> dependencies sufficiently small that it's manageable. Already GNOME
> 1.4 is very much on the brink of being unmanageable for the 4 or 5 of
> us at Red Hat to release in stable form, because of the sheer size of
> the code. Anyhow, a concern. There are no doubt other factors to
> consider, I'm just trying to explain a possible issue.
> 
> Gman has been pestering me to repost my revised RFP proposal so we can
> get a process for "thinking through," and I really need to do so, I am
> a big loser for not doing it.
> 
> Even without that though, some informal discussion would be good.
> Hopefully it can be productive and unflamacious. ;-)
> 
> Havoc
> 
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