> We should have a good expectation of improving life for our users ... Users are important, but with such move we could improve developers' life at least.
> - Introduce new bugs (because big rewrites always do) Sure, but with C++ port we can also simplify code, and less code - less bugs. Now considerable part of Geeqie's code is plain C which builds UI. It's a rare method of building UI nowadays. It should be replaced with something like Glade description. > - Maybe exclude some core developers who just don't have as much fun in C++ > as in C It might be a good chance for them to improve their skills a bit. My 5 cents, I prefer do not use love/hate words when it comes to technical things. On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Jeff Abrahamson <j...@purple.com> wrote: > Is there a case for what users will get if we make these changes? We should > ... > (Bias: I do quite like C++.) > > Jeff Abrahamson > +33 6 24 40 01 57 > +44 7920 594 255 > http://ml-week.com/ prochaine edition, 2016 > > http://purple.com/jeff/ > http://blog.purple.com/jeff/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/intel _______________________________________________ Geeqie-devel mailing list Geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geeqie-devel
