Hi PCMan, Here are my 2 cents, from the point of view of a maintainer of a "software environment" (think distro, even though it is not).
We are preparing all kinds of (*nix-like) software on a global file system so that it can be run immediately without "installation". Our approach implies that updates are testable and safe, invisible for the end user and that any programs and their different versions can be used simultaneously even by the same user without collisions. For the moment we maintain some limited desktop environment, and consider Lxde as a good candidate for including on our setup. As an contrasting example, Gnome is very badly suited for transparent global maintenance and updates due to its architecture. That's why I am concerned about Gnome dependencies. If this is just a few free-standing libraries, that's no problem from my point of view. If the dependencies imply some Gnome infrastructure (like the libraries being expected to be present at certain hardcoded paths), it would be detrimental. In the latter case I would like to suggest you to look for some different toolkit, at such a crucial point in the development (despite what is said about the matter on http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Questions). Otherwise, getting rid of Gnome dependencies while still using Gtk is in my eyes a sane approach. [It is a pity that freedesktop.org establishes standards which are hard to implement efficiently. It may be worth not taking full compliance as an absolute goal.] Best wishes and good luck. Regards, Rune On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 03:30:07PM +0800, PCMan wrote: > After this issue is settled, the development of the next-generation > new PCManFM will be started soon! I stopped all the development of > PCManFM earlier because I felt that we already arrived at a point of > no return. Before we continue, we'd better make sure that we are > moving toward correct direction. > > So, all users/developers, please help us make this critical decision. > > Thank you all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
