>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Kümmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >> I have no idea why you think having just one frontend is some kind >> of silver bullet. Peter> Ever heard about "lowest common denominator"? When you use more Peter> front ends you could only support these features which are Peter> supported by all frontends (e.g. dockable toolbars: possible Peter> with Qt4 but lyx doesn't support it). This is typically something that could go in one frontend only. Peter> I think it totally slows down the development progress. .. in part because it forces one to think how a features should be implemented. Not bad, IMO. Peter> And nothing is more boring than using obsolete tools. (You Peter> could force developers to do so only when they get your money, Peter> but in a open source project this does not work.) Something that is more boring for me is being forced to update my distribution to get the version of the day. I use mandrake 10.1 here, and I am not going to use it with a version of qt which is not the same as what my KDE uses. Different people have different needs. Peter> I have no idea why most people here think it is a good idea to Peter> support more than one frontend when there is one which fits all Peter> needs. The last part of you assertion is the weakest link. JMarc
