Re: [jokosher-devel] Adding support for NewStuffManager

[Sebastian Pösterl <marduk k-d-w org>]

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Laszlo Pandy schrieb:
> 
>> Jono Bacon schrieb:
> 
>>> - I have seen pretty much nothing that uses it. I would rather
>>> Jokosher is not the first test case.
> 
> Jokosher has been cutting edge for a lot of things. It has almost become
> an unofficial policy to do things no one else is doing because we think
> its the proper way. Things like gstreamer-ladspa integration come to
> mind, and certainly telepathy integration has never been attempted in
> the way that we want to, but so far that hasn't stopped us from trying.
> I would rather Jokosher _is_ the first test case, since we can make it
> an optional dependency.
> 
Glad to hear that you are willing to give NewStuffManager a try. As you
already mentioned starting with an optional dependency will harm nobody.

> Sebastian Pölsterl wrote:
>> This should perfectly work. Are extensions and presets stored somewhere
>> in the user's home directory? Otherwise, there are some issues getting
>> write access.
>>
> 
> Extensions/presets are already stored in the users home directory, so
> that will not be a problem.
> 
Okay, then everything should work fine.

>> Indeed, it is pretty new. But as I mentioned before for the beginning
>> NewStuffManager could be an optional dependency. If actually more people
>> use it (what hopefully will happen with Deskbar-Applet having that
>> support in Gnome 2.18) I can figure out if problems exist.
>> And Jokosher including support for NewStuffManager, will definitively
>> help there.
>> The problem is if nobody is willing to work with a more or less
>> "untested" version it won't get major either.
>>
> 
> Exactly. If we decide this is the way we want to go, there is absolutely
> no reason why we should wait on others to do it first.
> 
The problem is not that other try it before Jokosher. I'm afraid of
everybody waiting for somebody other than themselves to do the first step.

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Greetings,
Sebastian Pölsterl
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