Re: gnome2 port?

[Carlos Perelló Marín <carlos gnome-db org>]

El d_ 30 Aug 2001 03:48:27 -0400, Dave Camp escribi_
> JP and I have been throwing around the idea of moving development of
> gIDE to the gnome2 platform.  The idea is that the current gIDE release
> "schedule" has 1.0 being released sometime after gnome2 is out.  So the
> question is when we want to do the port.
> 
> Some benefits of porting now include:
> 
> * Less effort - the longer we spend waiting to port to 2.0, the more
> code will be developed that needs porting.
> 
> * Helping the gnome2 effort by uncovering bugs.
> 
> * The ability to develop against the nice gnome2 APIs.
> 
> * We get to play with gnome2
> 
> The drawbacks of the porting are:
> 
> * We lose some time on the porting that we could be implementing
> features and fixing bugs (note however that we'll lose more time at this
> point the longer we wait).  The biggest problems I see will be scintilla
> and possibly the upcoming GdlDock (but possibly not).
> 
> * We have to deal with an immature platform.  A port to gnome2 would
> likely require us to debug some of the gnome2 libraries themselves.
> 
> * We have to move from ETree to GtkTree, at least until gal is ported to
> gnome2
> 
> * Most importantly, we raise the difficulty level of contributing to
> gide.  A full gnome2 tree takes awhile to build, and isn't the easiest
> thing in the world.
> 
> The last point is the major one.  What is everone's opinion on this? 
> I'm all for a gnome2 port of gIDE, but I don't want to ostracize our
> contributors.
> 

I like the idea, but perhaps we should wait until the end of "The
Gnome-libs wars"

> -dave
> 
> 
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