I strongly disagree that the large amount of work you propose is a prerequisite for progress.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015, 07:54 Maxthon Chan <xcvi...@me.com> wrote: > I am still on the idea that we should refactor the relationship between > libobjc2, CoreBase and Base before forging ahead. This refactor will not > only benefit the Opal and GUI rewrite (deprecating Back in the progress), > but also allow us to implement Swift at least as an out-of-tree patch set > to Apple’s recent release. > > Here are some things I think we should do: > > 1) Move NSObject into libobjc2 and @compatibility_alias Object to NSObject, > 2) Allow public headers of Base to be installed before the library itself > is built, > 3) Move the implementation of toll-free bridged Foundation classes to > CoreBase and create a new toll-free bridge mechanism that approximates > Apple’s one, > 4) Rewrite headers to adopt properties over getter/setter pairs. > > The 4 points above give us a similar library layout to Apple’s, opening > the doors of Swift integration. Then before porting the WebKit: > > 5) Finish Opal, taking over what Back used to do. > 6) Rewrite GUI on top of Opal and ARC. We can use the iOS-style > all-UI-element-backed-by-Quartz here as it does not break the contract and > allow easier implementation. > > And finally: > > 7) Port Apple’s version of WebKit over and reimplement the Objective-C > wrappers for WebKit, WebCore and JSCore. > > Cherries on top: > > * UIKit and SpringBoard clones > * SceneKit and SpriteKit, both implemented in direct OpenGL manipulation > bypassing Opal, for games > * Steam integration in reimplementation of Game Center. Combining the two > above allow game publishers to release their OS X games under Linux over > Steam. > > > On Dec 4, 2015, at 15:13, Gregory Casamento <greg.casame...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Nikolaus, > > > >>> If we would contribute as much code as we recently started to write > e-mails > >>> what *should* be done, there would be more progress :) > > > > Based on my own CS background, I've learned that discussion and > > planning regarding what should happen is almost as important as what > > does actually happen. > > > > GC > > -- > > Gregory Casamento > > GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant > > http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com > > http://ind.ie/phoenix/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > > Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep >
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