Re: gnome2 port?

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2001-08-30 at 10:02, Carlos Perelló Marín wrote:
> 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"
> 
yes, using libgnome* these days can be a PITA, but I think this is not a
problem, since almost everything that was in gnome-libs-1.x is now, more
or less, in GTK and/or Bonobo, so if you base your porting efforts in
those libraries, there shouldn't be any pain

cheers
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