Alan Horkan wrote:
However, it is nice to not rely on gnome specific libraries and so forth right now.
Thoughts?
Jon
With the activity recently going with the Xorg group, I've been wondering if we couldn't tie in well with them. After all, a lot of the lib's we've got coming up in our roadmap (cairo, littlecms, etc.) are actually Xorg things moreso than Gnome.
You are thinking in terms of what would be most useful to the developers, a graphics or creative suite is a user focussed idea. Idea like the Gnome Desktop or a Graphics Suite are high level groupings and I dont think they in any way preclude working closely with Xorg as well.
But the developers are users, too! This isn't the usual producer/consumer relationship.
"I oftimes wonder what the vintner buys One half so precious as the goods he sells."
I must say, though, that if HIG earns Inkscape a place in a distro like Fedora or SuSE, it could be worth investigating.
Of course, it would be pleasant if some umbrella group does not try to dictate how Inkscape development proceeds. (historical reference) ;-)
I feel I must say again that being part of the Gnome community really does not mean you have to add Gnome specific dependancies or in any way neglect cross platform development.
Well, some specified UI things do require Gnome code, especially those that coordinate inter-application communication. A good example is something as simple sounding as drag-and-drop, which actually requires a lot from Gnome, and a lot of code from the application.
Bob