Re: SourceForge GWindows project

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>]

David Botton <david@botton.com> writes:

> On 2004-10-17 09:00:09 -0400, Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org> said:
> > I suggest we create the SourceForge GNAVI project with the currently
> > released GWindows code,
> 
> No objection per se, but since there are only a few bug fixes in
> GWindows itself doesn't make much sense.
> 
> >  ask everyone interested to join that list, and
> > then start any discussions.
> 
> I think differently. If nothing more than being courteous, we should
> first bring the discussion to the current list first.

This is getting tedious. "the current list" is comp.lang.ada. That's
where this discussion started, since the GNAVI list was down at the
time.

It would help if you would acknowledge that fact.

I also gather that the GNAVI list is _not_ archived anywhere (since
you did not provide the archive URL). That alone makes it an
inappropriate list for this discussion.

> > I have no interest in helping to maintain that site; I'm only
> > willing to be a sysadmin and developer for SourceForge/GNAVI.
> 
> That is ok, I thought though you were looking to take more of a
> leadership role in the project, but any participation is certainly
> welcome.
> 
>
> <refering to making GWindows cross-platform> 
> > This is a total change in direction. The discussion on comp.lang.ada
> > made it clear that a "pure Windows" tool was desireable.
> 
> That is not changing.

Good to hear.

> >> The focus with out question though of GNAVI for now is though
> >>Win32. 
> >We can't "focus for now" with a plan of "totally changing
> >focus later". A cross-platform design is _significantly_ different
> >from a single-platform design, from the ground up.
> 
> Yes and no. The idea of the GWindows ports is not to be completely
> cross-platform. It is possible to use any version of GWindows native
> to that platform in a way that would make it totally non
> cross-platfom, but there is a enough in common to make porting easier.

So you plan on having GWindows-Win32, GWindows-Mac, and
GWindows-Gtkada. Each independent projects, but hopefully maintaining
similar APIs. Like Gnu Emacs and XEmacs.

That leaves open the question of what name we should use for the Win32-only
project at SourcForge, that will host GWindows-Win32.

Hmm. I suppose "GWindows-Win32" would work. But it conflicts badly
with the existing GWindows SourceForge project.

We need to hear from the other GWindows developers;

1) Keep it Win32 only

2) multi-platform is fine

3) Here's a good name ...

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-- Stephe