Re: gEDA-user: PCB configuration skin

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all, 

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> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Kai-Martin Knaak
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 1:27 PM
> To: geda-user@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB configuration skin
> 
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:55:49 +0200, Kovacs Levente wrote:
> 
> > Please note that GTK is dropping the tear off menu system. 
> The lesstif 
> > HID still has this functionality. I use it with a dual head system, 
> > and it is a cool feature.
> 
> Do they? 
> We launched a little protest against this move a while ago. 
> 
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FWIW, I have a very dim vieuw about this issue and would be very surprised
if even a very very big protest would help (very very big as in more than
20,000 protests).

It's the choice of volunteers to keep supporting this feature or dropping
it, the volunteers are in control of the repository (mother of all packaged
sources and install binaries).

And the volunteers know there is *no chance* you can keep up with a fork of
GTK on your own.

It's boils down to "Free and Open Source Software" versus " Controlled
Repositories and Distribution Channels".

More useful features were dropped in the history of GTK, and will be.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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