Re: GTK 2.20 for Windows

[Vincent Torri <vtorri univ-evry fr>]

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, Tor Lillqvist wrote:

> The most likely end result (which, of course, to some extent is
> already happening) will be just competing projects, each saying "we
> are the way to do Open Source package management on Windows", with
> each such project having some pet feature that people from other
> backgrounds/cultures then have difficulties to accept. (Examples of
> such potentially controversial pet features that I can imagine would
> pop up: 1) Being based on Python, 2) Being .NET-based and use C#, 3)
> Being associated with some existinging Linux
> subculture/project/whatever, like KDE or GNOME, 4) Being strongly
> Windows Installer -oriented, 5) Being strongly opposed to Windows
> Installer, 6) Being associated with a certain Linux distro. Etc.
>
> (My *personal* orientation is such that I wouldn't mind helping out in
> something that would use C# and .NET technologies to do it, but not
> too much of other weird Microsoft stuff please. I don't come from a
> KDE background, so I would probably not like it if the driving forces
> would be "KDE people" and want to use CMake for instance. I don't
> really know or love Python. I wouldn't mind having some compatibility
> with Windows Installer. Etc.)

i recently found that:

http://blogs.msdn.com/garretts/archive/2010/03/31/the-common-opensource-application-publishing-platform-coapp.aspx

there's an irc chan : #coapp freenode

i don't know if their design is good or not, though.

Vincent Torri