Alvaro Lopez Ortega wrote: > Dan Winship wrote: > [snip] >> And if your argument is really "languages that come with their own >> frameworks are bad",and not just "I hate mono", then why didn't you >> argue against allowing python-based apps in the platform when that >> came up a year and a half ago? > > I missed it. :-/ Actually, what is puzzling me is that nobody else > did it. You cannot even imagine how many people think like this.. I > guess there are too many interests around these adoptions, I don't > know. In any case, IMHO using Python to develop basic desktops > applications is as wrong as using Mono or any other framework. > > And, don't take me wrong. I said *basic* desktop applications. > Projects like Alacarte are okay; those are applications that you may > use once a week/month. However, when we speak about an applet that > will be loaded each single time you boot for PC things change. We > ought to be extra careful with those. >
I'm going to go ahead and pipe up here because I feel like I need to voice my opinion that Mono should _not_ be part of the core set of modules for the GNOME Desktop. This is for a number of concerns which have already been stated, but it boils down to 1) this is still too controversial of a topic to make a decision in a single six month release cycle (with only 3 or so months left) and 2) I think is a topic that should be left to ISVs to decide. That being said, I use tomboy/f-spot and I'm glad that a certain ISV packages Mono and applications based on it, but I don't see how adding it lends any coherence or consistency to the GNOME framework. -- Brent Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IRC: smitten / #docs _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
