Re: [Gramps-devel] Geoview in GRAMPS

[Benny M. <ben...@gm...>]

2008/11/26 Brian Matherly <br...@gr...>

> Benny,
>
> > Brian, all,
> >
> > I'd like to let Serge go ahead and add GeoView to
> > GRAMPS as experimental
> > code in trunk.
> >
> > Does anyone disagree, details on:
> > http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=1551
> >
> > The view would be experimental, meaning:
> >
> > 1/it would not be activated by default
> > 2/it would not be added to the Makefiles for distribution
> > yet, so not in
> > 3.1.x until deemed sufficiently stable.
> > 3/the dependencies would be checked, if not present, the
> > view just does not
> > show.
> >
> > The view is interesting, but it needs more eyeballs.
> > Integrating it in trunk
> > as was done previously for the MapView which never made the
> > trunk, should
> > increase the eyeballs.
> > Obviously it also means other developers need to change the
> > code on API
> > changes and might jump in to change things.
> >
> > I further believe GeoView should not create new hard
> > dependencies for
> > GRAMPS. In this case, gtkWebkit is needed, if not present,
> > no GeoView.
>
> I have not personally used the GeoView. So I don't personally know what
> value it brings. Adding yet another dependency to Gramps makes me sad, but
> if you think it is worth it, let's get it under source control
> experimentally so we can manage changes better.


True, looking at the evolution of applications though, I see webkit in
amarok, within the plasma shell of KDE, in Tellico, ...
It clearly is an evolution, and probably the same on GNOME, so the chances
of a html layer being present on future desktops in gtk be it webkit or
mozilla, are large.

Benny

>
>
> ~Brian
>