On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:32:31 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: > Again, from an outsiders perspective, I thought it might be useful to > pop in a word. > > With regards to being just a WM or being a full desktop environment or > being a desktop shell - you are well on your way to being a full > desktop environment. with that said, I would not have signed up for > this list if you weren't going in that direction - the libraries are > what interests me most, in terms of what I like developing / want to > develop in the future. the set of libraries is faster and higher > quality than any other graphical libraries I've encountered - and > speed, specifically the ability to run high quality software on very > old / slow machines is indeed what first brought me (years and years > ago) to linux.
:) > so with regards to the expansion from just a WM to much more, as an > outsider, I fully support it, and think it will draw more people to > the project (assuming that is a good thing) > > in terms of managing the codebase, having all changes go through the > mailing lists would be especially helpful to new people, in terms of > getting to know the code, and also keeping on top of new things > happening. time is precious, as mentioned, and having emails that you > can get to whenever is much easier than having to be on IRC at certain > times.... OK - I need to pipe up here. Yes - email is good. it's logged and archived and accessible. It has one BIG BIG BIG BIG drawback. It SLOWS DISCUSSION DOWN TO A CRAWL. Tod discuss on email can take days or weeks. To do it on IRC takes minutes or hours. I admit I have been really guilty of this lately. But I guess it's in response to basically having my time so squeezed that It's either discuss on email and NEVER DO ANYTHING or blip on IRC for things I'm uncertain of and otherwise DO as much as I can. Now let's beware of just saying "email is the answer" (and web forums are not an answer either - it's the same as e-mail). Maybe we need to have official IRC logs? Maybe add a #ecode channel whose ONLY purpose is discussion of code, design, direction ideas etc. No help questions - no random discussion. Log it and put that up on-line. If you want to pipe up as part of the discussion - join the channel. People who have been away/asleep can "catch up" by reading the logs. I am NOT saying we get rid of Email or don't use it, but I am trying to find a better way to do this... > beyond that, as my first post to this mailing list, I do want to > commend all the work that has been done so far, it is really quite > impressive; secondly, (and this is a purely selfish request) in what > library / place would you reccommend I start digging. I understand on > a theoretical basis how the libraries work (from reading docs) but > that's not the same as actually knowing the code...so, ecore? or e > itself? or is the bug tracker operational (so I could go and try to > hunt down bugs, which always seems a good way to start). bug tracker is active - with a possible move to bugzilla on the table after some use for the current one (yet another thread in my inbox i have marked to respond to - along with dozens of others still waiting). > Thanks, > Daniel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
