Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 02:51:14 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> Cc: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env Message-ID: <19981110025114.26979@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811091441240.7784-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>; from Phillip Salzman on Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 02:50:45PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981109011433.18381A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811091441240.7784-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
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On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 02:50:45PM +0000, Phillip Salzman wrote:
> >
> > Not quite fair--to conclude there's no interest--because the contest
> > was suspended at least 10 days before the deadline, so people who
> > might have participated didn't.
> >
> > Annelise
>
>
> Close, except we suspended the contest the first time the day
> after the deadline. At this point we recieved three entries, one of which
> was invalid. It was decided to restart the contest along with the release
> of 3.0-RELEASE. This would serve as a special kick-off party for it if
> you say... the day of the release, it was cancelled.
Hmm, I wasn't aware of this story. I heard about the start by accident,
and didn't realise it had been restarted or cancelled.
> It could be said we should of let it last longer, to see if we
> got a final product that was worthy. I admit that.
>
> In the ashes of the contest, we still need a better default
> configuration for X. We are still limited with twm. I propose we start
> a ``BSD X Development Enviornment'' which will include cheezy frontends to
> your favorite networking tools, etc. The suggestion you told me of using
> TK may actually be one of our biggest choices, but I feel obligated to
> keep it away from that because of the many differences between versions.
> This could break anything we create after a newer version is released.
>
> Would any of you be interested in starting something like this?
> We would need a couple of developers with some experience in programming
> for X11. I would like to keep it C, but TK will probally be fine..
That counts me out. I don't even know what you're talking about :-(
But I never needed a contest to make it worth creating a .fvwm2rc and a
meta-package to install a few of the basics that it uses.
All I needed the contest for was to give someone the incentive to write
some easy instructions on how to put it all together, and a few ideas
of what to include without going overboard. Now they've disappeared.
A how-to has a permanent benefit to the reader, a sure thing, much more
incentive than a remote chance to win a prize, in my book at least.
If what I do is of use to one other person, that's a bonus.
Don't big things grow from little things?
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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