Re: About GNOME 2.0 - The end of a dream

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com>]

Sander Vesik wrote:

> [cc: list cut down]
>
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
>
> > Joe Shaw wrote:
> >
> > > > *** Many people had opinions on a matter they did not know anything about ***
> > > >
> > > > Many people stated their position based on very slim evidence, very
> > > > slim understanding of the problem.
> > >
> > > Beyond that, though, there exists a larger problem: Who is maintaining
> > > some of these modules is unclear, and the plan and vision for GNOME 2 is
> > > neither well-communicated nor completely agreed upon among these
> > > maintainers.
> > >
> > > It is pretty clear that Michael is the libbonobo and libbonoboui
> > > maintainer, but who is in charge of libgnome and libgnomeui? Martin? If
> > > we were going to shift to bonobo-conf, why was it at least perceived as
> > > a major shift in the platform to everyone but Michael, Martin and
> > > Dietmar?
> >
> > Because people are totally confused about what we want, and what we have done. And
> > maybe because we are working on that stuff, whereas others only talk about it.
> >
>
> Dietmar, what happens if people continue to be confused and not wanting
> your solution?

They will not have the benefits of my solution, and that is bad. I really wonder why
you don't want to use the PropertyBag interface to access configuration - is there any
rational reason?

- Dietmar