Re: [glob2-devel] Are you inspired by Paris ?

[Martin Voelkle]

> >  This is getting ridiculous. Why can't people believe that when they
> > see something cool in what they like, it can be found in something
> > else, or that when they see a defect, what they like can have it. It
> > gets even worse when they just look at the other stuff with the sole
> > goal to find defects inside, or when they use useless features as
> > arguments (although I have to agree that Glob2 badly needs an SVG
> > backend). Of course you can find defects wherever you want if you only
> > look for them.
> >
> >  I defended both QT and Gtk against people who seem to be so desperate
> > about pushing their preferred toolkit that they act like xenophobes
> > (tu sembles tellement acculé que tu commences à dire des conneries).
> > There is no shame in using something just because it does the job and
> > you like it. And because of that, there is no point in arguing against
> > or for anything else. Just use it. And if you don't, don't complain.
> > Because differences between the features of these toolkits are so
> > minor that it really boils down to a matter of taste (which of course
> > implies religion quarrels).
> >
> >  Person who say it should not be done like this should not interrupt
> > person doing it.         --Chinese Proverb
>
> Since we seem to agree that both QT and GTK are fit for the job (and
> that ther should be no flamewar). I suggest that the first one
> working on it chooses the library to use... Because Martin V is
> right; there is no point in defending or critisising stupidly one
> technology agains another without solid and evident arguments (which
> really don't seem to exist in this case).

Check out the quatuor module in the glob2 cvs (FYI it's QT-based). NCT
and I began this a few days after his salvage proposal. But it's so in
its infancy (it's more a directory layout than anything else) that we
can still change everything.

Martin