Scavenging the mail folder uncovered Daniel.Egger@xxxxxxx's letter:
> On 31 Jan, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
>
> > I think the GIMP would gain a lot from using the core GNOME libraries;
> > right now it has a lot of reinvented wheels as it is. Users are
> > going to want a consistent desktop experience, so the GIMP should not
> > stand out as a sore thumb.
>
> Great... so maybe you can tell us what we'd gain from using gnome in
> GIMP. Now tell us: what would we get for linking against another bunch
> of libraries?
1/ economy of coding
2/ better integration
3/ total bloat reduction (if the user already uses other programs
linked with the same libraru)
4/ it was a discussion about using *selected* libraries, like gnome-print,
not the *entire* gnome framework.
ciao,
fog (the lurker from above)
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