On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Patryk Zawadzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Étienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Just rewrite sticky note using Vala, you will make some users happy > > > > rather than poisoning d-d-l with flames. :) > > > > > > Don't port sticky notes. It's so 1980s. Tomboy is teh awesome. > > > > > > Seriously, I am very suprised that no one from the less central > > > languages has tried to port Tomboy to their suggested language of > > > choice (hello, Java people?) as a proof of concept to demonstrate that > > > their language is as useful as C#/Mono. > > > > Why would one rewrite something that works perfectly? ;) > > I would presume the people working on Java, Vala, etc. feel that their > language could do it better and/or with fewer legal encumbrances, so > given that Tomboy is indeed completely awesome I'm surprised no one > has previously tried to port it, even if the functionality is indeed > perfect.
People have attempted ports and from-scratch replacements in languages ranging from C++ to Vala to Python. Some of these have been publicized, and sometimes we just get folks in #tomboy letting us know they're working on a Tomboy replacement in their chosen language. We never really hear from them again. I think it's hard, when there is already a working and maintained application, to drum up excitement and motivation to work on a replacement. The most successful Tomboy "replacements" are apps like Zim and Basket that have a different approach to note-taking, and thus meet some users' needs better than Tomboy does. They focus on features and results instead of politics. Just my 2 cents, Sandy _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
