Dear Sri.
Could you please outline the scope of the project you are talking about? It wasn't clear to me. The biggest problem with GNOME infrastructure in my opinion is a spreading documentation all the way around and luck of examples in API. Think about, if I am professional GNOME developer I need only simple reference API. If I am newcomers, I need more then that. I need examples, clear explanation not for advanced users. The recent observation is GList object. Citation from API page "
There is no function to create a GList. NULL is considered to be a valid, empty list so you simply set a GList* to NULL to initialize it." Does it mean that GList object MUST be initialized to NULL. For me it doesn't. Try to use g_list_append() for list object non initiated to NULL. I am not talking how many hours i spent to setup JHBuild, Flatpak (still not sure how to use it for dev), BuildStream. Every single tool I listed has significant limitation. And again, I don't know, is it luck of functionality or documentation. Buildstream was promising but then I realized I can't use my current project to test, say gnome-builder. They are not visible. Anyway, I can continue for a long time. Playing around I built a solid understanding how GNOME tools designed. Basic understanding. I decided to help with Glib because it is fundamental library for GNOME infrastructure and all GNOME development. Actually not just GNOME. I remember, when I just start using GNOME infrastructure, It was hard to collect all documentation in one place. I didn't know what i need. I can see progress since that time. But still some work needs to be done. I can compare to QT project. devhelp can be that good wrap for documentation. The same html can be placed online and It should not be just an API reference. I am open for discussion. Do you have a clear goal/picture for your project?
Sorry for this kind of stream of thoughts. Some parts may not be relevant to this email list. I don't want to create much discussion from this. I am not trying to blame anyone or criticize just giving you my overall impression. World is not perfect, but we should try to make it better.
