Hi, On 2007-11-28 10:46:39 +0100 Dr Tomaž Slivnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am very seriously considering switching to a Unix variant + GnuStep (be it > Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc. - I do not know). The Unix layer of Apple is > definitively unsatisfactory. As is their approach to releasing software - > release lots of flashy gummy but pay no attention to whether staple features > actually work. I appreciate Darwin, but I too share your view of too much gummy stuff as you call it. I dislike so many choices in MacOS.. but I soo much like other things it is very conflictuary. I still run 10.2.8. But switching to another unix with GNUstep is not viable yet: i have 3 computers, but stil hand back to mac. > But I believe that most likely switchers / potential valuable developer > contributors to GnuStep are now on Mac OS X. You have to make it easy for > such people to install GnuStep on their machines. But why GNUstep on MacOS? The ultimate goal of applications in GAP is to have them run on Mac too, but natively built. > Has TexShop or NeXTTeX been ported to Gnustep? What about OmniGroup, could > they be persuaded to port? You raise an important point. As GAP co-admin I have tried several times to contact old OpenStep program authors to motivate them to release their source, possible under a suitable license. I always failed. Gregory, the project maintainer, failed too even with this "title". Also with private people (Scott Hess comes to my mind). It is very sad because prorgams of high quality get lost. The case of Omni was again and again of topic since the wide range of applications they worked on. I contacted them for the OmniWeb stuff (the sources of the framework are available, but under a strange license) but they said it was too much work to put them in shape, even if I requested them "in any state". Omni worked also on the Lighthouse applications but those are from Sun now and they are probably lost forever. If you find some stuff, possibly rereleased as GPL or BSD, don't hesistate to contact me. We can port it and distribute it. But first you need the source. An exceedlingly nice application to port (and generally maintain for mac too) would be TIFFany but i never got a reply. That would be a top-quality application. The advantage of OpenStep over Mac stuff is as you state yourself not only the easier compatibility, but the better quality of many of those applications compared to many mac siblings which seem to be crammed together just for effects. Sure there is good stuff there too, no doubt. Riccardo _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
