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This point of view is perilously shortsighted; even I, a die-hard Linux fan, realize that nothing is forever. Someday (some would argue that day is today ;), no
by npsimons 13y ago
This point of view is perilously shortsighted; even I, a die-hard Linux fan, realize that nothing is forever. Someday (some would argue that day is today ;), nobody will be using Linux seriously as a desktop system with GNOME. Linux may not be around forever, and even if it is, one thing history has taught us is that it won't be the same.
On top of all that, it's never wise to turn down an opportunity to test code against multiple targets (hardware, operating systems, compilers, etc). You'd be amazed at the bugs such testing flushes out.
- legulere 13y agoHaving to write an own abstraction layer as a perl script that often stops working certainly is more likely to introduce bugs than having a reliable dbus api. Spending the time needed instead for working on bugs that are actually reported by users is more useful. The developers only have a finite amount of time, either they use it to move forward or they use it to try to support every obscure system.