On 3/17/07, Elijah Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/17/07, Jonathon Jongsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, right now there is a bit of a mindset in the free > > software world that if you're a C++ hacker, you belong in KDE, and if > > you're a C hacker, you belong in GNOME. I think a decision to accept > > applications written with C++ bindings in all GNOME release suites > > would send a positive signal to other C++ developers that there is > > top-notch C++ support for developing within GNOME, and there's a > > vibrant C++ developer community within GNOME as well. > > > > So obviously I'm very much in favor of accepting gtkmm / C++ apps in > > all of the GNOME release suites. > > As a C++ developer who almost decided to join KDE instead of GNOME > several years ago for the reasons Jonathon listed, I mostly agree with > him. The part I don't agree with is the "in _all_ of the GNOME > release suites"; I don't think that gtkmm/c++ apps or libs should be > allowed in the developer platform suite.
Right, I guess when I said 'all', I was only thinking about the desktop/admin/devtools suites that vincent originally mentioned. I wasn't trying to argue for C++ in the developer platform. Just so that's clear. -- jonner _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
