No joking... let's get started. ;) Nikolaus' estimate sounds about right. GC
On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 4:04 AM H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 07.05.2020 um 09:45 schrieb Andreas Höschler via Discussion list for > the GNUstep programming environment <[email protected]>: > > Hi Gregory, > > Hey guys... I'd really like to start development on a (UIKit compatible or > not) backend for Android which will allow the creation of GUI apps. > Ideally what I would like is something that extends UIKit if possible. > Since we are talking about this just my $0.02. > > > Sounds good to me! I don't think that compatibility is a real issue. It > just has to work. Can you roughly estimate the effort in man hours and > actual development time for providing a GNUstep dev environment (GUI apps) > for Android handhelds? > > > Based on the very rough estimates of > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14913652/how-to-estimate-a-projects-length-in-man-hours-commenting-code > > and ssuming it needs 20kLOC it would be 18 person months or 3000 hours. > > I would say this may be factor 10 wrong (up or down). Also note that > coding is a small fraction of the of work. Testing and bug hunting takes > much more. > > So since we are open source and not a commercial organization it would > IMHO translate into 5 years actual development time. > > BR, > Nikolaus > > -- Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=352392 - Become a Patron
