Re: Summer of Code 2007

[Nicola Pero]

>> Can we add 'Writing a Renaissance GUI Builder' to the list of tasks ?  I 
>> volunteer mentoring a student doing that.  It's a pretty tough job though, 
>> so 
>> only determined people! ;-)
>
> No, lets not write a new GUI Builder here, 
>

No, let's not start a new flamewar here, ;-)

Your idea could be good and I respect it, feel free to volunteer for it
(or for mentoring it) but it's not what I had in mind. :-)

I did have in mind writing a Renaissance GUI Builder because I'd like to
see a "native" Renaissance GUI Builder where the Renaissance philosophy
is implemented natively.  I do believe that that will require new user
interface/design ideas.  Ie, I want auto-layout concepts directly built
pervasively everywhere into the basic interface.  I feel adding Renaissance
to Gorm (which has a completely different philosophy) will end up in a 
patched system that might somehow work but be ugly and meaningless.

I have nothing against a Gorm pluging for Renaissance though.  You can mentor 
a Gorm plugin for Renaissance if you want.  I volunteer to mentor "writing
a Renaissance GUI Builder" though. ;-)

I also suggest we stop the discussion here and accept that we have different 
views.  We all thought a lot about this and we came to different conclusions.

Nobody needs to worry anyway as I don't have time to write a Renaissance GUI
Builder myself ... unless I stop working on gnustep-make of course. ;-)

Thanks