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=46irst mail wearing something resembling a release manager hat.  This shou=
ld be=20
interesting.

So, two things.  When platform, and what platform.  They kind of overlap.

The impression I got at xdevconf was that smaller is better.  The impressio=
n I=20
get from the archives is that the platform should define those pieces which=
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are baked and stable.  However, I also got from xdc that the package set=20
under consideration for the platform is: fontconfig, gstreamer, dbus, hal,=
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cairo, maybe pkgconfig.

Cairo worries me.  If we're explicitly not using the platform for technolog=
y=20
pimping, then I have trouble reconciling the ideas of "this is stable baked=
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technology" and "this includes Cairo".  I understand that Cairo has existed=
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in various forms for some time and has some interesting apps already, but=20
it's currently going through major API changes, it is not adopted by toolki=
ts=20
now, and its 1.0 as I understand it is being timed to coincide with Gnome=20
2.12 this summer.  To me this doesn't sound like baked software.

fontconfig and pkgconfig I can accept.  The other three I don't know a lot=
=20
about and would appreciate some input on.  Likewise for specs I'm not=20
particularly informed which ones are good.

So, toolkit people: come up with a list of software and specs that:
=2D you depend on for interop
=2D you can deal with supporting until at least the next major revision of =
your
  desktop
=2D you anticipate being baked by (say) June

I expect the specs list to be much longer than the software list here.

Pimping happens on its own.  No worries there.  Cool stuff will get used.  =
The=20
need for a platform is the need for a stable base above X but below the=20
toolkit.  So let's make one, a small one probably, and start moving forward.

=2D ajax

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