From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6511c3dc6e1155c9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trnddc06.POSTED!da33a4ab!not-for-mail From: Fionn mac Cuimhaill Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GWindows and David Botton Message-ID: References: <9g87l018jg6p8q7vi6ttbdvrelt3ohrpfo@4ax.com> <116a1020.0409261357.b937127@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 06:13:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.41.197.98 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trnddc06 1096265602 4.41.197.98 (Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:13:22 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:13:22 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4240 Date: 2004-09-27T06:13:22+00:00 List-Id: On 26 Sep 2004 14:57:54 -0700, mcneills@landcareresearch.co.nz (Stephen McNeill) wrote: ... snip ... > >It seems not many enjoy writing documentation... What a shame, I enjoy >it. > >I updated the existing (Botton) documentation for my own use and added >a reference manual, but I agree that it needs to be substantially >updated, and preferably overhauled completely. If this project goes >ahead with some kind of structure, I'd be happy to start working on >the documentation and reference manual. Very good - we should use your improvemenrs as a first step. ... snip ... >I think the key thing is to get the package up to the point where it >has the annoying bugs removed, and the basic capability smoothed out, >and documentation provided, so that new users can have some confidence >that using the package will be worth the investment in time. Then, and >only then, I think it will be worthwhile adding new modules, covering >new or expanded sections of the Windows API. That doesn't stop anyone >developing new capabilities of course. I pretty much agree here. My main reason for pushing ahead with the printing stuff is that I have an immediate need for it. The very first step should be to establish a new home for GWindows. I looked at Sourceforge, and one of the things that it wants done in setting up a new project there is to establish that the software license really is an open-source license. The GWindows license is the GNU GPL with this tweak: "As a special exception, if other files instantiate generics from this unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU Public License." Do we need to improve on this, or is this OK as it stands? We should make sure that we have a good open-source license regardless of which home GWindows finds, whether it be Sourceforge or some other place. > >Personally, I'm interested in extending the package in the multimedia >area, as well as providing some capability for graphics. Graphics will overlap with printing - I definitely approve. > >Stephen