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OS2 World.Com Bounty System => General Discussion => Topic started by: miturbide on 2007.09.23, 06:06:46

Title: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: miturbide on 2007.09.23, 06:06:46
Checking the Netlabs Wiki Foundraising campain page (http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Fundraising_campaign). I think we should have that four bounties available at OS2World.com. This toolkits and framerworks are the base for many other aplicacions can be ported to OS/2-eCS.


What do you think ? should be invest on having this bounties ? any comments about this four projects?
Title: Re: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: Paul Smedley on 2007.09.23, 13:01:49
Quote from: miturbide on 2007.09.23, 06:06:46
Checking the Netlabs Wiki Foundraising campain page (http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Fundraising_campaign). I think we should have that four bounties available at OS2World.com. This toolkits and framerworks are the base for many other aplicacions can be ported to OS/2-eCS.


  • GTK 2.x toolkit: The first one listed is a GTK2 (http://www.gtk.org/) port. This toolkit is used on several open source projects like GIMP,  GAIM (http://gaim.sourceforge.net/),  Evolution (http://www.novell.com/products/evolution/) and others. GTK2 toolkit license is GNU LGPL.
  • QT 4.x framework: Apps like PSI and LyX 1.5.x uses this framework. QT toolkit license is GNU GPL V2.
  • SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit from Eclipse.org). This will be excelent to be ported to OS/2-eCS. With this we can port ot OS/2 apps like Lotus Symphony, Notes 8, Eclipse, etc. SWT license is CPL. Currently there is a bounty open about this. (http://www.os2world.com/content/view/340/71/)
  • wxWidgets 2.8.X:Currently there is port to OS/2 of this version but Netlabs Claims that the GUI parts ported to PM have some problems. I really don't know much about this project and what software runs under it. Any comments will be apreciated. License is wxWindows Library Licence 

What do you think ? should be invest on having this bounties ? any comments about this four projects?

I think we should help with these - GTK in particular would open up a lot of apps that could be ported....
Title: Re: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: cytan on 2007.09.23, 20:26:03
Hi,
   With regards to wxWidgets, I have tried it. This is not to slam the wxWidgets/2 maintainers, but I do agree that there are problems with it that I just could not succeed in my attempt in writing a GUI app with it.

With regards to bounty suggestions: Virtual Box. I think it is really important to have a supported virtual machine for OS/2. For example, we need java 6 (and beyond) working and I don't think native java will ever be ported for us.

cytan
Title: Re: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: cytan on 2007.09.24, 20:15:05
Is someone going to add all these suggestions to the Bounty?

Just out of curiosity, why is there no link for sending a bounty suggestion on the Bounty page? or am I getting blind in my old age ? ???

cytan
Title: Re: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: Robert Deed on 2007.09.24, 21:12:31
I believe they were having problems with the submission system and spammers.

Quote from: cytan on 2007.09.24, 20:15:05
Is someone going to add all these suggestions to the Bounty?

Just out of curiosity, why is there no link for sending a bounty suggestion on the Bounty page? or am I getting blind in my old age ? ???

cytan
Title: Re: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: kim on 2007.09.24, 21:37:26
Hello! Well, with the old site there was issues with spam robots using the forms to send us lots of crap; currently this isn't an issue. But, check the Suggest Bounty (http://www.os2world.com/bounties/suggest.php) page regarding suggestion of bounties.
Title: Re: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: cytan on 2007.09.24, 22:58:23
Quote from: kimhav on 2007.09.24, 21:37:26
Hello! Well, with the old site there was issues with spam robots using the forms to send us lots of crap; currently this isn't an issue. But, check the Suggest Bounty (http://www.os2world.com/bounties/suggest.php) page regarding suggestion of bounties.

I just submitted Virtual Box 1.5 as a bounty using your suggested link.

cytan
Title: Re: Four Bounty Suggestion - From Fundraising campaign Wiki
Post by: miturbide on 2007.09.26, 19:44:03
Hi

Do you have any suggestions on what should be the conditions for the "GTK 2.x" port Bounty ?