[wyoDesktop-devel] Re: [wx-dev] wxUniv, wxGDK

[Julian S. <ju...@an...>]

At 18:39 27/08/2004, Otto Wyss wrote:
>Julian suggested to me to go ahead and split wxUniv off wxWidgets and
>take care of it myself. This suits me well I hope it does you too.

Er, I didn't suggest it, I just said if that's what you wish to do,
fair enough. It's regrettable you're taking this
stuff-you-I'll-do-it-my-way tone, but I wish you luck.

Regards,

Julian

>If you agree or if you don't have better alternatives, I'll do the following:
>- The split will be based on release 2.5.2 and might include some needed
>bug fixes.
>- Only directly to wxUniv related files are taken to minimize any impact
>in the common parts.
>- I'll try to prevent any incompatibilities until wyoDesktop finishes 
>pre-state.
>- I'm not going to actively keep the two version in sync, that's someone
>else task.
>- Any API changes within wxWidgets won't be taken care of by me in wxUniv.
>- I may but can't guarantee I'll do a merge back, someone else might 
>volunteer.
>
>I don't see many problems. Of course I and you may miss bug fixes in the
>common parts but since lower level W32 is rather stable and lower level
>GDK is only used in wxUniv this won't be a big problem. Also a simple
>mail to the other project might be sufficient. On the other side no API
>changes are reasonably possible unless taken care of by _you_ in _both_
>version. Okay, okay, you can simply go on but no sensible application
>developer will use features he knows he has to scrap in a year or so.
>
>To say it with other words, the API of wxUniv will stick with the
>version of 2.5.2 unless you submit _all_ the necessary changes. Even
>than I might not apply them if I consider them not important enough.
>I'll stick to this policy until the pre-stage of wyoDesktop is finished
>("http://wyodesktop.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=tasks.html"). So if
>you aren't happy with this, help that this stage is reached as soon as 
>possible.
>
>IMO this is a fair deal we both can live with. The resources of
>wyoDesktop is sufficient but still limited, so the goal has to be set
>accordingly. I cannot take over any responsibility for anything unless
>the resources are available. Please don't complain and understand that.
>
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>
>O. Wyss
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