Guys, Thanks for all your input. :)
Unless there are any further concerns, I will go ahead and make the discussed change to the framework to make it into a library and I will merge the code to the baseline either tonight (3/29) or tomorrow after I complete some additional testing to make certain no functionality has been adversely affected by the refactoring. Later, GJC --- Nicola Pero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks :-) > > > > > > We will try to support frameworks on all platforms (well, at least I > > > will). That might require quite nasty hacks and things, but should > > > generally be possible (haven't looked into the Windows case yet though, > > > but as OpenStep for Windows had it working with some hacks, I suppose we > > > can do the same). > > > > > > If portability is an issue, I'd certainly recommend using libraries and > > > bundles only. So yes, I generally agree with your suggestion of avoiding > > > frameworks in Gorm and all the core components (eg, gnustep-base, > > > gnustep-gui etc). > > > > > > But frameworks are quite popular, so we're not going to drop them anytime > > > soon, and I'll try supporting as many platforms as possible. > > > > It would be cool to support them on Windows, even if it is a hack, there > are a > > number of programs which use them (for example ProjectCenter). Also some > of > > the Backbone stuff and a few other apps I can think of. > > Sure ... I don't need convincing ;-) ... frameworks are a normal feature, > we should support them on Windows as well ... it's my next Windows TODO. > :-) > > ... but for the kind of "superior" portability which would be nice to have > in core packages, maybe if you can do without frameworks in Gorm, that > would make it more robustly and instantaneously portable. :-) > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnustep-dev mailing list > Gnustep-dev@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev > Gregory John Casamento -- CEO/President Open Logic Corp. (A MD Corp.) ## Maintainer of Gorm (IB Equiv.) for GNUstep. _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev