Re: What do I want?
Ricardo Fernández Pascual <[email protected]>
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El mié, 16-10-2002 a las 01:52, Philip Langdale escribió: > It's been asked, and fair enough. > > In a nutshell, my ideal galeon2, from a ui perspective, is galeon1 using > gtk2/gnome2 libs. If it coincides with the HIG, it's a fluke; it does > everything galeon1 does, and it lets me do everything galeon1 let me do. > Of course, the current galeon2 backend architecture is great, and I > applaude marco for making it so. (With the caveat that I think the gtk > object system is something no one should be exposed to for any > significant length of time :-) > > Uncompromising and extreme? Sure, marco has his vision and so do I. Is > there a middle ground? Frankly I don't think so. Galeon2 started off as > a sort of middle ground and neither of us was happy with it. Marco's > gotten his way since then, and I'm certainly no happier. > > We talked about a slight refactoring of the backend to allow for thin > ui development to follow to two independent tracks. Right now I think > this is the best way to do. It requires minimal (if any) compromises in > vision on either side and allows the solid backend to stay in place and > recieve the full attention it should from what few developers we have. > > If it sounds like a glorified 'advanced' mode, it probably is. So what? > Either two thin binaries sharing a .so backend or a command line switch. > We got agreement that either would be an acceptable way to go on sunday. I still think the command line switch would be acceptable. > Well, now push has come to shove, so let's do it. The only other > alternative is a fork and that will render galeon2 completely > irrelevant, though I have serious doubts about it's relevance at the > moment. > > --phil -- Ricardo Fernández Pascual [email protected] Murcia. España. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: viaVerio will pay you up to $1,000 for every account that you consolidate with us. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4749864;7604308;v? http://www.viaverio.com/consolidator/osdn.cfm