Am 09.08.12 22:29, schrieb Brent Busby: > On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Robert Tomsick wrote: > >> My $0.02: part of the value of CDE is that we can produce a more >> polished version of CDE for older systems (ones long since abandoned >> by KDE/GNOME/etc. but still in use), so maybe we shouldn't set the bar >> *too* high. > > Since I'm a non-developer, I'm certainly not wanting to make any > comments that are taken too seriously -- I haven't contributed any code > or patches. > > But just to add my own two cents: I would agree with Robert on this, > and also add that I think it would be a shame if CDE were so > "modernized" that it didn't act like CDE anymore. I'm all for the idea > of fixing it's terrible 90's coding practices, security holes, lack of > support for TrueType fonts, etc... I'd even go for a replacement of use > of RPC services with something less hazardous like DBus.
Before it gets replaced, why not make it work first, and see if it can be usable? > > But on the desktop, it should still be CDE...otherwise...what's the > point? It should also stay Motif based, because for people wanting to > run a traditional UNIX desktop, that also is part of the point of CDE. > The only reason I felt the need to say all of this is because I've > observed that on Linux, unfortunately, all roads lead to GNOME. No more, my friend, since a few days... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
