Re: The Path of GNUstep (Was: Re: Gnustep + mac + windows? Possible?)

[Philippe C . D . Robert]

Hi,

On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 02:18 AM, Chris Hanson wrote:
> At 2:27 AM -0400 9/24/02, Jeff Teunissen wrote:
> > This time, you are absolutely wrong. Most OS X developers know about
> > GNUstep. Why aren't they here? The simple fact is, not many of them 
> > CARE.
>
> Not entirely.
>
> Many, many people have been watching GNUstep for years.  They just 
> judge it not ready for prime time yet.  And many Mac OS X developers 
> are interested in building great applications, not working on the core 
> frameworks.
>
> Three things that would get Mac OS X developers using GNUstep:
>
> * 100% of the basic AppKit working.  I don't know where GNUstep stands 
> on this right now. It doesn't have to have all the bells and whistles 
> that the Cocoa AppKit does, but it also has to not have huge gaps in 
> major functionality.
>
> * The ability to easily port from Cocoa to GNUstep.  A simple nib 
> converter that's completely independent of GNUstep would go a long way 
> here.
>
> * Windows support that they can deploy commercial applications with 
> (i.e. no cygwin).

Seeing is believing, so I guess if there was an easy way to install a 
GNUstep desktop then many would become interested in the project and 
more important, become active contributors! Hence my question, what 
would it take to create an installation script similar to the one found 
in early Gnome desktop versions which installs GNUstep, GWorkspace and 
other core applications (GNUMail, Terminal, Preferences, Gorm, 
ProjectCenter, EasyDiff and so on ... there are a bunch already!)?

-Phil
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