Re: Frameworks integration

[Nicolas Roard]

On 2004-02-27 17:48:08 +0000 Chris B. Vetter <chrisv@web4inc.com> 
wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:10:25 +0100
> Dennis Leeuw <dleeuw@made-it.com> wrote:
> > Nobody knows about gscrypt, gsldap en SMBKit and it is always a guess
> > if they work with the released GNUstep version(s).
>
> One reason, why people do not know about them is, BECAUSE they are 
> part
> of dev-libs/ and do not have their own web site for "advertisement".
>
> I started working on KoCrypt because I needed/wanted some crypto 
> classes
> at that point in time.
> Much later I discovered that dev-libs/ already had gscrypt (though it
> didn't provide (all) the cryptos I was looking for) ...

Well, I agree that the major problem is, yet again, "marketing" or 
visibility. Many
projects aren't well known (just take GNUstepWeb/GDL2 for example), 
and even
GNUstep itself isn't really well known (many people at fosdem thought 
we were
a fork of windowmaker... -- sigh --)

I don't care so much about the inclusion of theses toolkits in the cvs 
-- I think it
will be practical and a good thing, at least for basic components as 
xml, but
that's not the main point (plus others frameworks won't go in
gnustep cvs anyway).
What's important imho is to have them highlighted as "official" (or at 
least
recommanded) framework for GNUstep developments, and adversise them as
much as possible; at least what's in dev-libs should be cited in 
evidence
on the website..

--
Nicolas Roard