On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:40:46 -0400, Dan Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 09:46:22AM +0200, Paul J Stevens wrote: > > > > I think you misunderstand. Simplification of the code is primary. Doing so > > requires getting rid of large parts of the code. I'm currently removing all > > list code (he leif) and replace it with glist where necessary. I'm also > > removing all cache code, and I'm replacing all mimeparsing with gmime. > > However, since I'm learning about gmime and glib as I go along, it's much > > easier to develop all this new code in a stand alone situation where I > > don't have to fireup the daemons sprinkled with trace and sleep calls, > > connect a gdb to the sleeping process, set breakpoints, etc.... > > > Glib disgusts me. Although I beleive in outsourcing code to other programs, > glib is horrible partly due to the fact that its another monolithic bloated > library. What benefits are you getting by adding another dependency vs. > using the existing mime parsing.
Glib is a great library. You've mentioned that you don't like it a couple of times. Obviously you haven't mentioned anything that made someone decide we shouldn't need it. What we gain by using GLib is the ability to get rid of some code that is unmaintainable as it is. We get the ability to use GMime. GLib is supported on many platforms. I just do *not* see the problems you have with it. Please enlighten me. Ilja
