[Usability] Re: The endless and mostly fruitless GNOME applets debate [contd...]

[Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas online no>]

Den tor, 2001-09-20 kl. 17:58 skrev jacob berkman:
> On Thu, 2001-09-20 at 11:50, Chema Celorio wrote:
> > On 20 Sep 2001 09:57:24 -0400, jacob berkman wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2001-09-20 at 07:17, Glynn Foster wrote:
> > > > Okay,
> > > > 
> > > > So we have always reached an impasse in the past about what to do with 
> > > > GNOME applets ie. how to politely say to the author of an applet that 
> > > > it's crap and has no place in the main distribution.
> > > 
> > > i would be for disbanding gnome-applets in its entirety, and shipping
> > > the applets in separate packages.
> > 
> > I second jacob here, I am interested in particular with each applet
> > having it's own release schedule. Also, getting the code and compiling
> > it is easier when you only have one applet.
> > 
> > We can have a "umbrella" module that pulls from CVS all the applets for
> > those who prefer to have one package.
> 
> no - this would be very crack-rock.  i don't know where to begin
> debunking this, but as you didn't provide any reasons *for* it i won't
> post any against.
> 
> jacob
> -- 
> "It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell everytime I play
> it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious
> to the tragedy of it's meaning, like when you're going to have your
> dog put down and it's wagging it's tail on the way there." - Thom Yorke
> 
Every subdir would have to have it's own auto* setup?

Kjartan