Re: Nautilus and Setup Tools

[jg pa dec com (Jim Gettys)]

> Sender: gnome-private-members-admin gnome org
> From: Alex Larsson <alexl redhat com>
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:28:19 -0500 (EST)
> To: Jody Goldberg <jgoldberg home com>
> Cc: Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>, Gnome Hackers <gnome-hackers gnome org>
> Subject: Re: FW: Nautilus and Setup Tools
> -----
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Jody Goldberg wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 11:53:18PM -0500, Owen Taylor wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a _perfect_ example of why GNOME can't be the OS. GNOME
> > > may have the best font system in the world, but unless the user
> > > sees consistent font installation across:
> > >
> > >  - KDE
> > >  - Mozilla
> > >  - StarOffice
> > >  - "Native" GNOME apps
> > >
> > > Then the user will think "my desktop/GNOME has broken fonts".
> >
> > That is a laudable goal.  Is there any chance of this happening ?
> > There appear to be alot of obstacles.  Frankly I'd prefer to see
> > a potentially gnome specific solution if it could be done within our
> > lifetimes.  A cardinal rule of development would seem to apply :
> >
> >     It is easier to ask contrition than permission
> >
> > Specify a decent mechanism and possibly it will be adopted
> > by other projects.
> 
> Keith is working on specifying one, but I don't see anyone helping him.
> Here is a mail from him about this issue:
> 
> http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/fonts/2001-September/000869.html
> 
> Perhaps we can discuss this with him at ALS.
> 

Keith arrives here Wednesday.  I think this is a vital topic, and one
which we should push on quickly.
               - Jim

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Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
Compaq Computer Corporation
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