Hi Vincent, On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 04:03 +0200, Vincent Geddes wrote: > * Focusing on the docking widget alone would bring new momentum to > the project. We could brand GDL as "libgdl - GTK+ Docking Library". > New developers would be more easily attracted to help out with the > code. > Didn't we already went through this? Renaming the project doesn't make it any easier to develop it. There is no sensible logic to that argument.
> * Depending solely on libraries under GTK+ in the stack. Gdl can already be build with only gtk+ deps. Johannes did that and you get a configure switch to disable gnome related features. > * Less code to maintain by removing the following components: > - The GdlDataView component is very specialised, and to my knowledge > no project uses it. From the ChangeLog, it looks as though the > component was last _actively_ developed in 2002. It was started to be used in Anjuta debugger. The widget is incomplete does not mean it is abandoned. It's just a matter of someone coming up with some time. > > So my question is, how does everyone feel about reducing GDL to the > docking widget and removing the dependency on GNOME? It's not much work > for me, and I believe the change will be good for the future of the > docking widget. > > Instead of spending so much time on worry about the name and reduction, I would rather see more work done fixing the gdl dock widget which would actually help it get into gtk+. The whole reason the widget couldn't be put in gtk+ is because it needs fixing and not because the name is bothersome. Thanks. Regards, -Naba _______________________________________________ gnome-devtools mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-devtools
