Re: [Logicaldesktop-general] PyKDE ?

[Maurizio C. <seg...@ti...>]

On Friday 09 July 2004 07:38, Enzo wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> > The reason is that I plan to use kio and khtml, and I assumed it
> > isn't possible in a non-kde app. Or is it?
>
> I don't know if it's possible to propose such features given by kio or
> khtml without them but I think it would be fantastic to propose an
> application which could be easily used on old computers. KDE
> integration is a very good thing for features/integration but a bad
> one for lightness.
>
> I think it's important in a Free Software (FS)  attitude to consider
> this point of view. If we want to make a little for a big change in
> the world, we have to take into account people/country who don't
> have last generation computers. The power of FS is to give to those
> people the opportunity to use/modifie/distribute last generation
> software : what a big change, isn't it???!!!!!!
>
> Do you think it would be possible to integrate this constraint into
> the way of building/creating Logical Desktop? How? By making two
> branches? By structuring the code differently?
>
> What do you think?

Hi Enzo,
Of course I understand the problem. However, given a slow but easy library and 
a faster one that is more difficult to use, I will tend to use the first, 
because:

1) my time resources and skills are very limited

2) LD is still in the phase of feasibility study, I am doing some kind of 
exploratory development. I still don't know if it is technically possible 
(given my skills) to do many things: integrate web browsing, ftp, panel 
applets, reading/using MIME types, detecting devices, passing the detected 
devices to programs.

After we know whether those things can be done or not, if we have enough 
manpower, we can ask ourselves how efficiently they can be done, and 
redesign/rewrite the software.

Mau