Hi Nicolas :) On Fri, August 3, 2007 1:00 pm, Nicolas Roard wrote:
>> >> GNUstep runs after Cocoa since 8 years. >> >> What does it gain for Open Source users? >> >> Nothing ! > Come on... what do you mean it gains nothing ? GNUstep made a lot of > progresses, it's usable. It's not bug-free, there's also a lot left to > do, but you can use it to write apps.. > And as a free software users, we are better off with GNUstep existing > than without, no ? > So what exactly is your point ? >From a user point of view, nothing. GNUstep is still running after Cocoa and still introduce new bugs etc ... This is pure waste of times / effort. Who use GNUstep/Etoile/Backbone on the desktop in every day usage ? 5 developpers ? The most usable application based on GNUstep is GNUMail. Who post ( even on the GNUstep mailing list ) with GNUMail ? Why can we/you simply stay at OpenStep with few improvements : Exemple: Theming, autolayout, remove Archiver by KeyedArchiver, extend services (?) That would be enough for 90% of the applications. There is so much thing to do !!!! - Lot of bugs - Printing from cairo - Page Layout panel - Usable Text system - better usability for controls - builtin window Manager (?) - Fully feature Workspace. .. This would take 1 or 2 years, even with 10 developpers ! For -gui : Why would you Cocoa compatibility ( porting a "real" Cocoa app is impossible with real work ) ? Why would you Win32 compatibility ? ( there is tons of framework that works better on Win32 ) Adding more code is bad for GNUstep/Etoile ressources ( number of developpers ). It is getting worse. Having Etoile and GNUstep separate is already bad IMO. Please read again your signature. That just what I'm talking about :)) > -- > Nicolas Roard > "La perfection, ce n'est pas quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, c'est > quand il n'y a plus rien à enlever." -- Antoine de St-Exupéry > > _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
