Re: Privatizing 'linc' ...

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 20:45, Greg Edwards wrote:
> Glynn Foster wrote:
> > Hey there,
> > 
> > 
> >>>	So - as I'm working on completing ORBit2's threading 
> >>>support; I keep
> >>>wondering why linc was made a public API when it was so half cocked.
> >>>
> >>>	I'd really rather like to privatise linc inside ORBit2;
> >>
> >>It makes sense to me. I think it would have minimal impact.
> > 
> > 
> > It makes sense to me from a desktop point of view, but haven't we
> > already made a guarantee of API/ABI compatibility since it's a platform
> > library? Obviously I have no idea of the types of people using it, but
> > I'm not sure if it right to just pull it back into ORBit2 until we get
> > to some kind of major release.
> > 
> > 		Or am I completely off the ball?
> > 
> > 			Glynn ;)
> 
>  From a developers point of view, if ORBit2 becomes a package that 
> requires a running GNOME desktop then it will be completely useless to 
> me.  If I understand the gist of pulling these APIs together, the 
> ultimate outcome would be to couple them tighter to the GNOME 
> environment.  The coupling is already too tight, IMHO.  I understand the 
> need to use tools from GNOME and I can live with a "few" GNOME libraries 
> laying around, if I have to.
> 
ORBit has always been independent of GNOME, and has never required a
running GNOME desktop. And privatizing linc, AFAICS, has no effect on
this, so ORBit will be independent from GNOME.

cheers