+1000000 Jani. On 12/18/07, Jani Monoses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giuseppe Torelli wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2007 8:10 PM, Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So what's the problem with including GTK apps that contain "Gnome" in > their > >> name? > > > > Infact this is not the problem. The problem is their dependancy from gnome > > related libraries. > > That's not the largest problem. Other things in a normal desktop take up > more space (python apps like hplip, ubiquity, printer applet). > > The gnome libs issue is a problem too, just not the largest. The best > way to solve this is looking into removing libgnome dependencies from > such apps instead of putting in immature or unmaintained ones instead. > This 2.22 GNOME cycle two of my patches were included upstream, they get > rid of libgnome in gucharmap and network-manager and if time permits > I'll look into others too. If you wish to improve memory consumption, > picking an included gnome app and sending a patch upstream is the best > way to help. Whining about app choices is not productive and won't get > us anywhere. > > There are plenty such apps, they were mentioned in past threads. So > anyone willing to help please consider helping out with code instead of > endlessly debating this. > > Jani > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >
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