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Re: Current NEW review process saps developer motivation



On 2022-08-28 12:14 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> However, GObject-Introspection has worked approximately the way it
> currently works since at least 2008, and was apparently fine.

Something of an aside from the current debate, but GObject
introspection introduced significant problems with cross-compiling
because the introspection process produces different results when done
on different architectures so you couldn't just cross- do it.

So it's not really 'fine', it's just adequate for most people most of
the time. It's in need of some significant core rework IMHO to get rid
of this very unhelpful (and not at all necessary) characteristic. I
did consider doing the work needed to fix this but didn't have the
bandwidth/enthusiasm at the time. Maybe someone has fixed this in the
nearly a decade since I looked in to it and the point is moot? But I
doubt it.

Wookey
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