Re: RH and GNOME
Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@cogs.susx.ac.uk> writes:
> Rob Browning wrote:
> > Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@cogs.susx.ac.uk> writes:
> >
> > > The problem with say imlib is that he refuses to change the major
> > > number even though the libraries are incompatible because it looks
> > > ugly...
> >
> > You've *got* to be kidding. What is wrong with these people? If
> > that's really the reason. I'm sure glad someone that lame's not in
> > charge of libc.
> >
> > Assuming that the info in this thread's pretty accurate, I'm going to
> > have to reconsider how much faith I want to put in E. I was
> > considering switching to it when was released, but now other
> > alternatives are looking better. I want something with a reasonable
> > developer who works *with* others.
> Go read
> http://www.gnome.org/mailing-lists/archives/gnome-list/1998-April/1003.html
> and judge for yourself. (Read the whole thread or ask Jim. Don't take my
> word for it.)
It's just Raster, not all of Red Hat.
Anyways, I think he got the message. He just wouldn't admit in public
that he was wrong (read: big fat EGO). We'll only know for sure if he
decides to break compatibility and doesn't increase the SONAME.
Cheers,
- Jim
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