On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Allan> Take a look at the main page and its discussion of the
> Allan> Linux/GNOME stuff to be used in 140,000 Mexican primary and
> Allan> secondary schools.
>
> Allan> They make reference to gwp (Gnome Word Processor) and the fact
> Allan> it needs heaps of work to be a useful item.
>
> Allan> LyX is probably just as close to being a Gnome compliant wp as
> Allan> gwp is to being a useful word-processor if not closer. So it
> Allan> might be worth our approaching the Scholar Net people.
>
> Yes, but it is not exactly a gnome application yet. Of course, if they
> felt like porting it...
The "Scholar Net" program appears to expect a few months delay before they
have suitable systems ready for students to use. Amongst their
requirements is stability (and LyX-1.0.0 is about as stable as we're going
to get it). The gnome compliance might take a few months work and will
only be supported in the development version. Although they could easily
do a temporary gnome port of 1.0.0 and we'd then incorporate that work
into 1.1.
We can't really lose whatever happens (unless gwp gets lots of support,
moves ahead of LyX and we're left with only us using it).
Allan. (ARRae)
