Re: Flaws in DockApps
>> Edward Betts <edward@debian.org> writes:
> Write patches for each DockApp and file them to the BTS, ask DockApp
> maintainers to apply the patches and forward them upstream. More
> work for Debian, but more consistent results.
This is the best way to proceed, IMO.
> Rewrite all the DockApps to use libdockapp (or similar).
This is something I argued for a few years ago, but nothing came out of
it. You are right about there being lots of duplicated code in
dockapps. It probably has to do with the way dockapps evolved.
Getting many of them as possible to use a common (shared) library is a
nice project and it would benefit users. It would mean changing some
command line interfaces, but that'd be a good thing at the end.
Perhaps Debian dockapp maintainers would be interested in this move.
FWIW, I'd be.
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