Considering a thread yesterday, let's take up the question.
Should we remove the USE_GNOME stuff?
- If it's completely broken or actively dangerous, it should be
removed, unless somebody is gonna fix it.
I don't (or didn't; Richard's experience building it was
unsettling) think it's totally broken. If it is, I don't think
anybody's gonna care enough to work on it.
- If it can't do anything we don't do without it, it should be
removed.
That, I'm pretty sure, isn't the case. The EWMH stuff is a
replacement for the _functionality_ of the GNOME extensions, but
it uses a different mechanism, so the two aren't interchangeable
at all in the sense of applications using them.
Now, whether applications using it are around enough that it
matters is a separate question, and I would lean toward being
generous in assuming it.
If it does what it's supposed to, I would favor keeping it as long as
there's any real chance somebody might get used out of it. And, since
it doesn't add external dependancies or any real weight to
compile/runtime, turning it on. Having it around but off by default
just adds to the chances of it rotting, which is the worst of all
worlds.
That's an if, though, and I'm not sure I've got anything around that
could be using it, so I'm not in a position to have any sort of
overwhelming opinion.
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