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[Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>]

On Wednesday 23 February 2005 11:17 pm, Arjan Bouter wrote:
> From what I understand, the gnome spells and libs which form the gnome
> desktop
> very much depend on each other and have to be updated together for them to
> keep working. Correct me if I'm wrong but I guess splitting them into
> different sections maintained by differrent gurus would complicate matters
> by having to synchronize updates between sections...
> Same would be the case for kde and xfce I guess.
>
> I kind of like the way those sections are now, because one only has to
> browse one section to build those desktops. Instead of hunting the grimoire
> for apps which go with that particular environment.
>
> Don't get me wrong, the layout of the grimoires does need some attention :)
> Thanks for taking care of this guys.
>
> Arjan

While the core of the KDE desktop should be maintained together, there are 
apps in that section that do not need to be maintained with the main core 
packages.  I'm not that familiar w/GNOME and XFCE, but I suspect there are 
apps in both areas that do not /need/ to be there nor do they need to be 
maintained with the core packages.

When I'm searching for a new program to fulfill some need (e-mail client, CD 
burner, text editor, whatever...), I like to be able to go to one place and 
browse and experiment with various programs until I find something I like.  
With apps being placed based on their development library (GTK, QT, etc.), 
rather than their function, that is not possible.


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