Thanks Vincent nice information, it comes close it. If you read the criticism about rpm and deb packages. You start wondering why not use a new container format for linux packages that are compatible with rpm and deb and other packages formats out there. I am strong believer in open standards...
Vincent wrote: > I don't know the exact details, but perhaps this quite new initiative is > what you dream of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Project > > On 11/12/06, *Jelle de Jong* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > My vision is to create a widget system that is universal for all GUI > systems. So a gnome application could be ported to trolltec or GTK > etcetera. > > Vincent wrote: > > I totally agree. Can you imagine the benefit for the Linux world > as a > > whole if Ubuntu would do this? Of course, let's hope the the > > Gnome/Ubuntu people do not unnecessarily use Gnome libs, or, when it > > adds some non-required functionality, that there are also > non-gnome-lib > > versions. That'd really be great. > > > > On 11/11/06, *Cody Somerville* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > For those of you not on the primary devel mailing list, I thought > > you might like to read the following: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *Elias Humbolt * <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> > > Date: Nov 11, 2006 1:56 PM > > Subject: Efficient Coding Strategy for Desktop Environment > Development > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > > > How more Code could be shared between "competing" Desktops > Environments > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I understand Ubuntu as a project where people of different > interests > > and > > origin build their dreams together on common ground. We have > come far > > but it is still far to go until we can really say, we > live/develop > > following the concept mentioned above. > > > > At the current time I still see talent, time and energy wasted by > > Ubuntu > > family members of different religion each one trying to > reinvent it's > > own wheel. Instead they should create one stable felly > together and > > apply their unique touch to it by adding their custom hub cap. > > > > A good example for illustration is network-manager. The > deamon running > > in the background represents the felly, the common ground. > And the Gnome > > and KDE GUIs represent the individual hub caps. > > > > This approach ensures there are not two incompatible > implementations for > > the same problem in Ubuntu like powernowd and kpowersaved. > And work is > > not lost, like all the KDE attempts to create a config > utility for wlan > > devices. Or even like with dcop which will be replaced by > dbus in KDE4. > > > > Possibly dcop could be what dbus is nowadays, if only this > technology > > would not have been hidden inside kdelibs, unaccessible for > anybody > > interested, only to be available when installing kdelibs and > even the QT > > library which it depends on. > > > > For that reason huge coding efforts are lost for ever, > programming > > hours > > wasted, because of course it does not make sense for KDE to > maintain > > dcop if dbus is around anyway and fulfils the same purpose. > > > > Consequently, we should ensure in the future, that this does > not happen > > again. Common grounds must be found, universal tools created, > efforts > > shared. > > > > The next best candidates would be: > > Power Management and Laptop Buttons > > > > Both could be handled by a daemon and controled by an > individual GUI in > > each desktop environment. Other candidates could certainly be > > identified. > > > > Great things could be acieved if Ubuntu when all it's > flavours act like > > a big family. The efforts of the one family member should also be > > beneficial for the other members as well. > > > > Wasn't this the idea of Open Source anyway? > > > > > > https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/efficient-coding-strategy > > <https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/efficient-coding-strategy> > > > > <https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/efficient-coding-strategy> > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EfficientCodingStrategySpec > > > > Elias > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel> > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Firefox ( www.getfirefox.com <http://www.getfirefox.com> > <http://www.getfirefox.com>) -- A > > browser you can trust > > -- > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Vincent > > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel> > > > > > -- > Vincent > -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
