Re: Gnome 3 planes? Wiki?



2008/8/26 Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>:
> Hi Mikkel,
>
> Le mardi 26 août 2008, à 21:04 +0200, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen a écrit :
>> Hail Oh Great Release Team,
>>
>> Gnome 2.30 is getting closer each day. Assuming that Gnome 3.0 is
>> planned to contain some major new components we need to rally
>> developers asap. All respect for the development pace of Gnome, but I
>> honestly don't think 2 years is very long if we want a smooth
>> no-regressions Gnome 3.0.
>>
>> As a spare time developer fighting to find every spare half hour it is
>> frustrating to not know the future. I constantly find myself asking
>> questions like - Will my work be obsolete in two years? Should I
>> design or write code with some specific future things in mind? Are
>> there other things more important to Gnome 3.0 than what I am doing
>> now?
>>
>> This withheld anxiety is amplified by the unclear future of Gtk+ and
>> is crippling my motivation. I don't know if I am the only person
>> feeling like this, but I fear not. I am not asking for a detailed
>> plan, just some notification now and then to tell me that Gnome 3.0 is
>> not in limbo.
>
> So. I really feel bad about all this (not because of your mail -- I
> already felt bad before)

// off listing to reduce noise

I just wanted to say that of all people you have *nothing* to feel bad
about.  The time and energy you have pushed into Gnome is inspiring to
the whole community.

Cheers,
Mikkel


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