Re: GNUstep and distributions...

[Jeremy Tregunna]

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On Nov 11, 2004, at 10:19 PM, Chad Hardin wrote:

> I still think that what is really needed is our "own" distribution.  I 
> go back and forth all the time on whether I should start working on 
> simplyGNUstep again.  It's not an easy thing to do though, I have a 
> hard enough time finding the energy to work on the printing stuff in 
> GNUstep after work work and school take their drain on me.

<snip>

Personally, I don't believe another distribution would be good for the 
project. I honestly think packaging up for different distributions is 
still the proper way to go until we have enough people interested in 
helping sustain a larger project such as a distribution (or personally, 
what I'd be doing if I had enough folk to help out); a complete 
operating system (based off of OpenDarwin); or more accurately, in 
between complete independent development and a distribution of 
OpenDarwin.  Reasons why I think this is a good choice well, can be 
debated with me off list if you wish.

Either way, I honestly think work people who have time should help out 
a bit more (this coming from someone who hasn't yet submitted anything 
of any use to the project, but it's on my TODO for when I have more 
time). Ie., finishing up AppKit, fixing bugs, etc. If more attention 
would be focused on actually making GNUstep more than a developers 
plaything, it would make more sense to shoot after the aforementioned 
(previous paragraph).

But this is just my two cents, not that it's worth a bag of beans.

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Jeremy Tregunna
jtregunna@fuqn.ca
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