Window Maker on FreshCode?

2014-11-20 Thread Andreas Tscharner
Hello World, I wonder why WindowMaker is not on FreshCode? FreshCode is the successor of the well-known FreshMeat and later FreeCode platform. http://www.freshcode.club Best regards Andreas -- (`-''-/).___..--''`-._ `o_ o ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) (_Y_.)' ._ )

Re: Window Maker on FreshCode?

2014-11-20 Thread Alexey I. Froloff
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:58:50AM +0100, Andreas Tscharner wrote: I wonder why WindowMaker is not on FreshCode? That's why: FreshCode is the successor of the well-known FreshMeat and later FreeCode platform. -- Regards,-- Sir Raorn. --- https://plus.google.com/+AlexeyFroloff

Re: Window Maker on FreshCode?

2014-11-20 Thread Torrance, Douglas
On 11/20/2014 03:58 AM, Andreas Tscharner wrote: Hello World, I wonder why WindowMaker is not on FreshCode? FreshCode is the successor of the well-known FreshMeat and later FreeCode platform. Because no one had submitted it yet. I just took a couple minutes and did it:

Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
Greetings Window Maker developers! As probably you all know, Window Maker used to be the official window manager of the GNU operating system. However, several years ago, its GNU maintainers become unresponsive to GNU project's requests, and its development has, since then, been moved away from

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 at 13:59:13 -0200, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote: The GNU project is, therefore, interested in getting Window Maker back into the GNU operating system and under its umbrella. Furthermore, the Window Maker community will certainly benefit from the promotion and

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:14:45 + Carlos R. Mafra crma...@gmail.com escreveu: You can use Window Maker without even asking and I'm sure we will all profit from the aditional visibility. The GNU project has the strict policy of giving priority to GNU packages. The GNU operating system should,

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 at 16:39:44 -0200, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote: Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:14:45 + Carlos R. Mafra crma...@gmail.com escreveu: You can use Window Maker without even asking and I'm sure we will all profit from the aditional visibility. The GNU project has the

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:53:26 + Carlos R. Mafra crma...@gmail.com escreveu: 3. The program's developers agree: - To pay attention to the GNU Coding Standards and GNU Maintainers Information guides. Regarding condition 3, the current Window Maker source code follows the linux

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
I've not read through the GNU Coding Standards to see where the differences are between it and the Linux kernel coding standard. If the differences are not great, and GNU is tolerant of the deviations, I'm for having Window Maker again be listed as the Official window manager. -john

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Carlos R. Mafra
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 at 12:27:29 -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: I've not read through the GNU Coding Standards to see where the differences are between it and the Linux kernel coding standard. If the differences are not great, and GNU is tolerant of the deviations, I'm for having Window

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Josip Deanovic
Quoting message written on Thursday 2014-11-20 21:31:33: On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 at 12:27:29 -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: I've not read through the GNU Coding Standards to see where the differences are between it and the Linux kernel coding standard. If the differences are not great, and

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Torrance, Douglas
On 11/20/2014 02:14 PM, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote: Other important guidelines are that the program should support a GNU build system (Window Maker already does) and, ideally, have a manual written in GNU Texinfo. I actually started converting (and updating) the FAQ to Texinfo a few

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:51:56 + Torrance, Douglas dtorra...@monmouthcollege.edu escreveu: I actually started converting (and updating) the FAQ to Texinfo a few months ago. This might give me the impetus to finish. :) That would be highly appreciated! :-) -- ,= ,-_-. =. Bruno Félix

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread David Maciejak
That sounds like a really good idea ! On Friday, November 21, 2014, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro oitofe...@gnu.org wrote: Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:51:56 + Torrance, Douglas dtorra...@monmouthcollege.edu javascript:; escreveu: I actually started converting (and updating) the FAQ to Texinfo

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operating system

2014-11-20 Thread Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:23:52 +0100 Josip Deanovic djosip+n...@linuxpages.net escreveu: What if it happens that the marriage between GNU and Windowmaker simply doesn't work for some reason and participants (GNU and Windowmaker) decide to split up and continue with their own paths? What do you

RE: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operatingsystem

2014-11-20 Thread Ed Snyder
How will this affect distros ( such as my Liquid Lemur ) that are built using Window Maker? -Original Message- From: Carlos R. Mafra crma...@gmail.com Sent: ‎11/‎20/‎2014 11:11 To: wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org Subject: Re: Window Maker as the

Re: Window Maker as the official window manager of the GNU operatingsystem

2014-11-20 Thread Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro
Em Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:19:39 -0500 Ed Snyder dragonpalem...@gmail.com escreveu: How will this affect distros ( such as my Liquid Lemur ) that are built using Window Maker? While Window Maker will be developed under the aegis of GNU for the GNU operating system, very likely distributions won't