Re: Fork

Marvin Zhang <marvin2yuer-/[email protected]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:56:19 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gqview.devel
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Hi, 

I am glad to see gqview has hope to keep growing. Do you have plan to make gqview multi-platform? I mean, it would be great if gqview have much more users from windows. 

Thanks
Weixiao


----- Original Message ----
From: Matt Zagrabelny <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:27:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Gqview-devel] Fork


On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 13:07 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> There is at least a technical problem, that I wont be able to use sourceforge
>   without renaming.
> 
> You can have a project with a new name gqview+ and release a tarball
> gqview that installs to gqview, even within sourceforge.

IMHO, the name should remain if possible. But if it *needs* to change,
here is an idea:

g2view

> 
>   New name also allows users to install the new project without interfering
>   with the original stable gqview.
> 
> True, but that's a transient issue, and the stable/development issue
> will be with us after the fork, and was with us before.

Agreed.

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<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi, <br><br>I am glad to see gqview has hope to keep growing. Do you have plan to make gqview multi-platform? I mean, it would be great if gqview have much more users from windows. <br><br>Thanks<br>Weixiao<br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Matt Zagrabelny &lt;[email protected]&gt;<br>To: [email protected]<br>Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:27:57 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Gqview-devel] Fork<br><br>
<br>On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 13:07 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:<br>&gt; There is at least a technical problem, that I wont be able to use sourceforge<br>&gt;&nbsp;  without renaming.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; You can have a project with a new name gqview+ and release a tarball<br>&gt; gqview that installs to gqview, even within sourceforge.<br><br>IMHO, the name should remain if possible. But if it *needs* to change,<br>here is an idea:<br><br>g2view<br><br>&gt; <br>&gt;&nbsp;  New name also allows users to install the new project without interfering<br>&gt;&nbsp;  with the original stable gqview.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; True, but that's a transient issue, and the stable/development issue<br>&gt; will be with us after the fork, and was with us before.<br><br>Agreed.<br><br>-- <br>Matt Zagrabelny - <a rel="nofol
 low" ymailto="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> - (218) 726 8844<br>University of Minnesota
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