RE: Proto initial GNOME 2.6 new modules decision

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

It's not proto. It's real. I blame this crappy mailer again.

Murray Cumming
www.murrayc.com
murrayc usa net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cumming Murray (CN L External) 
> Sent: Freitag, 23. Januar 2004 10:11
> To: GNOME Desktop Hackers; gnome-hackers gnome org; 'Gnome Announce'
> Subject: Proto initial GNOME 2.6 new modules decision
> 
> 
> The release team has discussed the proposed new modules over 
> the last few weeks and has 
> compiled this list, which hopefully represents a consensus of 
> the input we've 
> received about each of the proposed modules.
> 
> This list will become the official new modules list for GNOME 
> 2.5.x, which will become GNOME 2.6. 
> 
> In:
> 
> Note that all of these apps must continue to meet the 
> standards of quality laid out in GEP 10, ( 
> http://developer.gnome.org/gep/gep-10.html ) or they 
> may be removed prior to the final 2.6 release. We would not 
> expect that to 
> happen very often though. 
> 
>   Dasher
>     (We have mostly delegated to the accessibility team here. 
> They say 
>     that it fills a large need, and that it's being 
> integrated into the
>     rest of the GNOME accessibility infrastructure.)
> 
>   Evolution, evolution-data-server, gal, gtkhtml3:
>     (Obviously it would be nice to unify gtkhtml2, gtkhml3, 
> and mozilla
>     when possible.)
> 
>   gnome-keyring
>     (Already in, as a gnome-vfs dependency, with strong 
> community support.)
> 
>   gnome-netstatus:
>     (We would like a merge with gnome-applets, but that's not 
> mandatory.)
> 
>   libxklavier
>     (Already in, as a gnome-control-center dependency, with strong 
>     community support.)
> 
>   Switchit
>     (Already in, merged with gnome-control-center, with 
> strong community 
>     support.)
> 
> 
> Out:
> 
> As far as we can tell, the community feels that it is not yet 
> clear how these modules would significantly help _users_ with 
> their goals. This does not mean that they are not wonderful 
> software, with satisfied user. It just means that they don't 
> seem appropriate for the particular needs of the GNOME 
> Desktop at this time.
>  
>   gdesklets
>   gmodconfig
>   monkey-bubble
>   mozilla-bonobo
> 
> These modules do not seem to have a clear plan for future 
> development, or are currently undergoing major changes:
> 
>   gksu (Maybe this should be proposed for the Platform in future)
>   libgnetwork (Maybe this should be proposed for the Platform 
> in future)
>   gnome-network
> 
> Note that none of the "Out" modules were discussed on 
> desktop-devel-list as much as we would have liked.
> 
> 
> Undecided so-far:
> 
> We hope to have a decision about these modules as soon as possible:
> 
>   gnome-system-tools
>   Rhythmbox
> 
> 
> Thanks to all the maintainers who proposed their modules, and 
> the many GNOME contributors who took part in the discussions.
> 
> Murray Cumming
> www.murrayc.com
> murrayc usa net
>