Re: [GOK] plan for GNOME 3.0 - please comment

[Gerd Kohlberger <lowfi chello at>]

Ben Konrath wrote:
> I would also like to have a new name for this app. This allows us to
> make a clean start and get away from the idea that the keyboard part of
> the app is the primary thing that we do. One idea for this app name is
> caribou - from what I've read, caribou make lots of clicking sounds when
> they walk. Any other suggestions?
>
> The only big question on my mind is how should we gracefully exit from
> current GOK? Here are some suggestions:
>    -> ensure that GOK compiles and runs with GNOME 3.0
>    -> don't work on any major or time consuming bugs
>    -> #ifdef the cspi code - not sure if this is useful though
>
> What do people think of this plan? Gerd, Are you on board for helping
> with this? Is there anything that you'd be interested in doing?

Hi Ben,

I think that's a good plan and I'd like to help out as much as I can on 
the new project. I'll contact you off-list to discuss how we can 
coordinate the work.

As for GOK, I can take over the last remaining bugs to get it GNOME 3 
ready. From a look at bugzilla there are only a few things left.

- gtkbuilder migration
- remove bonobo parts other than cspi
- compile with GSEAL enabled [1]

I don't think we should spend time on #ifdef'ing the cspi parts. We 
could get GOK to compile, but since UI Grab and character output both 
depend on cspi, GOK would be unusable anyway.


Cheers,
Gerd

[1] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/UseGseal