I second Daniel’s notion here. Either have a little hide / expand button or have a link to the full chart.
Very helpful info and would accelerate set up immmesley. On Fri, Aug 20, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Daniel Boyd wrote: > Riccardo, > > I appreciate not wanting to have an overly complex chart on the main web > site. And I think having a comprehensive chart on the Wiki is a great idea. > > However, I do not think that's a good reason to exclude this (or something > similar) from the main web site. I think a simplified version of the chart > would still be really helpful. Identify the most common configurations (from > the standpoint of how frequently do visitors to the web site come looking > for configuration X?) > > I think one of the most common use cases for the site (and, again, I'm > assuming; analytics could confirm), is new (new to GNUstep) developers with > a particular idea in mind -- writing a new app, porting a macOS or iOS app, > etc etc. And they want to be able to quickly discern if GNUstep is a viable > option. "Can I use GNUstep to port my Mac app to Windows/Linux?" "I keep > hearing great things about Cocoa. Can I use GNUstep to get into Cocoa > programming in Linux?" > > I think people want to know: > 1) what operating system(s) can I run this on? > 2) Can I use ObjC 2.0 features (this will be a deal breaker for many, if not > most developers coming from the Apple ecosystem) > 3) How can I quickly get an environment set up so I can start coding? (hence > the link to the installation instructions) > > I think one of the major goals of the web site should be to surface this > information to new visitors quickly and simply. And I don't think the > current web site does this well enough. There very well may be a better > approach--the matrix was just the first thing that popped in my mind. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 4:19 PM > To: Daniel Boyd <[email protected]>; 'Discuss-gnustep Discuss' > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Web site matrix > > Hi Daniel, > > > Daniel Boyd wrote: > > > > I think the web site could benefit from a matrix along these lines: > > > > This is just a example. Obviously, you'd want to add lines for the > > BSDs and MacOS etc. And there may be better columns and a better > > layout. This was just my original thought. > > > > I just re-read your suggestion understanding it differently. > This "Matrix" could get very long.. we support a lot of combinations. I am > personally a tester and debugger of the less usual stuff. Especially with > gcc we can get currently very far. > > I think this should live in the wiki instead, so it can be edited easily and > cross-linked with relevant tutorials to build or configure it. I would leave > out the "installation method" and referring to the table for building. > Adding a note if e.g. packages are available and recommended for "Debian" > (Linux is not debian). > I would add also architectures where relevant (e.g. ppc32, arm, etc... > since it makes a difference with certain combinations) > > I can help with a lot of data here in about a fortnight, when I plan to > re-run full builds. > > Riccardo > > >
