> > I don't think you have to be a blessed dependency to get excited over > new functionality, or to add it as an optional support via #ifdef to > other software. gnome-power-manager was being shipped in 90% of the > GNOME distros by default before it was accepted into the desktop set.
I agree, but its easier to get people excited and say in the GNOME release notes that "Gnome 2.18 supports tagging of any item" than it is to see "Application X conditional supports the use of tracker for foo" > Don't get me wrong, I think tracker *and* beagle are very cool, but > until I can do all the stuff with tracker I can with beagle I know which > one I would install by default. This is no critisism of effort or code > quality, this is just an end user opinion. Aside from indexing evolution emails tracker does everything I need and more, it also brings a lot of new features to the table, such as tagging and blinding performance. > Grab some high-up redhat, suse, ubuntu distro people and ask them why > they ship beagle by default and not tracker. If you can come up with a > convincing argument, and one of the big three [1] start shipping the > code then it becomes much easier convincing us difficult-to-please GNOME > guys. :-) True, but I dont think the historical reasons for shipping beagle are a relevant measure for the usefulness of tracker to the GNOME desktop going forward. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
