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
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