Re: GNUstepWeb on Debian ?

[Mehul N. Sanghvi]

David Ayers said the following on 3/28/2006 1:13 AM:
> Well, I believe there is no Debian package for GNUstepWeb (at least not
> in Sarge).  I would suspect the main reason is the lack of releases on
> our side.  But I would assume that that FHS together with some the
> GSW/WO makefile foo we have, could also be an issue.

I like the idea of using Objective-C/GNUstep as my middleware via GSW, 
which is why I was interested in trying it out.  As for Debian packages, 
or lack thereof, that is not a barrier, to me at least.  If I run into 
problems, the Steppers on help-gnustep are always friendly :)

> On the question of how well does it work, I would have to say, YMMV
> (your mileage may vary).  We currently use it in production environments
> and it works for us even though we have a few issues which I work on as
> time permits.
>
> It is "stable" in the sense that some of us try to commit changes
> incrementally on an issue bases but once in while (about once or twice a
> year) there have been large commits which are difficult to track.  If
> you are referring to "stability" in API/ABI, then I think that we
> currently over exposing many conveniences and extensions.  But some of
> them are being used in production systems and we don't have clear plan
> on which ones should be deprecated or implemented differently, so they
> currently remain until someone finds time to do the cleanup.
>
> I do not know of any "active" development, with the exception of David
> Wetzel's branch in which I believe dynamic elements are being rewritten.
>
> I believe the problem is that GSWeb works "well enough" for it's current
> users who are busy with projects using GSWeb, that the project itself
> remains stagnant in it's current state.  And it's not until the next big
> commit that the pressure is there to continue on focusing on pending
> cleanups.
>
> If you want to help out, please let us know.

If you are using it in production environments, I'm sure you've got it 
talking to a database (PostgreSQL per chance ? ) on the back end and 
that is the main thing that I need as far as I can tell.

As for trying to help, time is in short supply, but I'd most certainly 
love to start by trying to get a Debian package done for it.  I think 
that is going to be the first thing that I go after.  I've already 
subscribed to the gswhackers mailing list (after seeing it being CCd
in the email you sent.  We can move this over there.


cheers,

     mehul
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Mehul N. Sanghvi
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