To: lablgtk at math.nagoya-u.ac.jp
From: Sylvain Le Gall <sylvain at le-gall.net>
Subject:  Re: lablgtk2 - RIP?
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:59:16 +0000 (UTC)
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Hello,

On 26-04-2007, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> wrote:
> Sylvain Le Gall wrote:
>
>> What about opening an account on 
>> * https://gna.org/
>> * https://nongnu.org/
>> * ...
>> 
>> You can have bug tracking, SCM, mailing list...
>
> What problems does lablgtk have that doing any of the above
> would fix?
>
> There is already a mailing list. Nothing to be gained there.
>
> How many people are there currently working on the lablgtk bindings
> themselves? If its only two or three people and the current development
> practices are not keeping people out, then moving the project as you 
> suggest is only more work with close to zero benefit.
>
> How many outstanding bugs are there? If the number is small, this
> list remains the best place to report them. Unless you have large
> numbers of bugs and developers, bug trackers are only a hinderance.
>

This kind of service only remove the task to install/upgrade mailing
list manager and related software. 

But, it is just a proposal. If nobody wants to use it, i won't force
anyone to use it.

> Honestly, places like sourceforge and gna.org are where small projects
> go to die :-).
>

Maybe, that is because only 1 out of 100 OSS project don't die !

Regards,
Sylvain Le Gall