From: Manish <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com>
To: Org Mode List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Debian Mono / Tomboy
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:53:58 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e7cdbe30906280023v3e0f7f57t225ef4532a254257@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090628062550.GA15780@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com>
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Russell Adams wrote:
> Slightly offtopic, but I was reading /. where they are arguing over
> the inclusion of Mono in Debian in order to support the Tomboy app.
>
> I won't get into the whole Mono debate, but I was curious why the
> angst over one application? Whats it do?
>
> Its a note taking app for Gnome written in Mono! In fact, it sounds
> like they are trying for some similar Org functionality, but with a
> GUI frontend.
>
>
> I think it ironic they are arguing over including this in Debian, when
> they already have Emacs and Org out of the box. ;]
The feeling of angst is caused by making Tomboy _required_ for Gnome and
what it, in turn, requires to run - Mono. It's certainly not a
_required_ application and even more so when alternatives exist. But
you knew that already.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25215/1090/1/1/
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/06/12/the-ubuntumono-debate-continues/
--
Manish
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-28 7:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-28 6:25 Debian Mono / Tomboy Russell Adams
2009-06-28 6:47 ` David Libert
2009-06-28 7:23 ` Manish [this message]
2009-06-28 8:05 ` Ian Barton
2009-06-28 8:14 ` Russell Adams
2009-06-29 9:31 ` Dmitri Minaev
2009-06-28 8:13 ` Ian Barton
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