On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 09:16, Sebastian Reitenbach < [email protected]> wrote:
> Speaking for me as a user, I'd also prefer to take software from the > official > ports tree of my preferred OS, than from anywhere else. Speaking for me as > a > porter, I'd prefer to port an application from wherever, to the official > ports > tree of my preferred OS, because this is what most users use and trust > anyway. > To make this kind of unified installer or source tree or ports collection > or > however you want to call it, will probably become very tedious, and hard to > maintain. I also prefer using distribution/operating system's installation system. Having something GNUstep specific would perhaps allow developing a more specialized GUI that would always fetch latest source no matter what OS. > When someone upgrades one part, it ideally must be tested for > fallout on all supported OS/Platform combinations, to make sure everything > still works, or even provide packages. I don't think there is the manpower, > and hardware available to do all this. > This is indeed a problem. But I see no other way to properly support, for example, Windows, and provide a unified experience for GNUstep applications across all platforms. -- Ivan Vučica [email protected] Coming soon for iPhone, Zombie Ball - http://j.mp/zbivmail
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