On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 15:44 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 20:03 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > > I read http://boycottnovell.com/2007/11/05/gnome-mono-yelp/ with > > great concern. > > > > Since I am not an expert, I cannot tell on my own if that description > > of the situation is accurate. If part of it is not accurate, I hope > > someone will explain. However, if it is accurate, GNOME has a serious > > problem. > > > > I have always supported the development of free platforms for C#, just > > as I've supported the development of free platforms for any language > > that users use. I also wouldn't argue that people should not use C# > > with a free platform for secondary applications. > > > > However, making GNOME depend on Mono is running a grave risk, and a > > grave mistake. If the article accurately describes the situation, I > > think we need to launch a high-priority project to reimplement Yelp in > > some other language.
Sorry, I wanted to be absolutely clear on something here: Yelp itself is not written in C#, and does not run on top of Mono. Yelp is written primarily in C, with some XSLT for document transformation and some C++ for Gecko stuff. There is no need to re-implement Yelp. But if anybody wants to, hey, have fun. > Others have commented, but here's the detailed explanation > of how things work and where we're heading from somebody > who actually co-maintains Yelp: [snip other stuff I said] -- Shaun _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list