Re: Proposed: gnome-network

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 08:02, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 01:49, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > gnome-network
> > -------------
> > 
> > Lots of cool stuff in here, but is it ready to go? Perhaps Desktop Sharing,
> > Remote Desktop Client and Network Information will be, though some UI Review
> > action would certainly help them out. The Personal Web Server and Remote
> > Shell Client might need further discussion as to what we want to get out of
> > them. I think this is totally hot stuff, all in all, but some parts might
> > need a bit more time before hitting the Desktop release. Any portability
> > concerns?
> 
> I've submitted a bug with a lot of FreeBSD patches, but it looks like
> the gnome-network guys will be converting over to libgnetwork, so my
> patches might need a bit of touch up.  Overall [FreeBSD] portability is
> very doable, and I'm very excited about this module.
> 
right, the intention is to use libgnetwork, so I guess your patches
could probably better sent to libgnetwork.

> > 
> > Interesting dependencies: cherokee, libvncserver and libzvt (which is only
> > used by gnome-ppp, which is not built by default, and there's a continuing
> > discussion as to whether this functionality belongs here or in g-s-t).
> > 
> > 
> > Further discussion goes HERE! :-)
> 
> It seems to me it may still need (or is scheduled to receive) a severe
> internal make-over, and may not be ready in time for 2.6.  This is just
> my feeling based on feedback to my portability bug.
> 
hmm, what internal make-over are you talking about? The intention is to
have gnome-network (or part of) for GNOME 2.6, so, yes, it should be
ready.

cheers