On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:56:18AM I wrote: > Scanning the bundles showing up on [hackers] it is clear that > those of us who have any significant investment in dwm patches > are in for rough sledding trying to track this refactoring.
To which Anselm replied with a detailed list of his changes explaining that none should be a significant impediment to propagating patches. In that same posting I further wrote: > Will there be appreciable new functionality or is this just > gilding the lily? At what point will st get any real > attention? So what is the motivation for this refactoring? Personally I have much more interest in st reaching a minimal level of utility than in a refactoring of dwm that really presents us nothing new. Don't get me wrong, I love dwm. And I program for a living -- begriming 35 years ago with systems written entirely in assembler -- so I believe I can appreciate finely crafted code. But an st that we can all help evolve will make much more of a difference to the suckless community than an endlessly polished dwm. /john
