From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 9 07:52:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA18106 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 07:52:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA18101 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 07:52:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id CAA00627; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 02:51:18 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19981110025114.26979@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 02:51:14 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Phillip Salzman Cc: Annelise Anderson , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Open Systems Networking , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Phillip Salzman on Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 02:50:45PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message