For your reference, records indicate that Dan Hitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> For developing software --- it was easy and pleasant > to bang out applications using NeXT, and imvho there > is still nothing comparable, certainly not in the free world. But does that workflow call for an entire OS to support it? Sure, it’d be nice to *get* to that some day, but with limited resources I’d argue that a more modest and calculated approach is what GNUstep needs to be viable for the future. > I also use a Mac for work, and i also have virtual machines > running on it. But that's not the same as being able > to easily build a top-level application that feels as > rugged as the ones that ship with the box and interacts > with them easily. Sure, the “native” appeal can’t be ignored, but I say GNUstep is reaching beyond its grasp if it tries to get there by dismissing all the apps that are available for the Mac. It is *silly* to have an XV-like app on the GAP wishlist, point to the outdated and bare-bones LaternaMagica, and completely ignore Mac apps like Phoenix Slides that could get the job done *if only* GNUstep developers would focus on the core code rather than reimplementing ObjC apps from scratch that already exist. > And as Doug Simons and others have pointed out, there are > a lot of competing visions. What's good for my use case > may be worse than useless for his. Sure. That’s why I’d like GNUstep to have a specific stated vision/plan of its own, so that it is clear to newcomers whether or not their time should be spent following/contributing to the project. Leaving it as a free-for-all is *not* the way to engage a larger community. -- "Also . . . I can kill you with my brain." River Tam, Trash, Firefly _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
