Re: [Gnu-arch-users] is there demand for itla?

[Andrea Arcangeli]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:33:23AM -0800, Tom Lord wrote:
> 
> I've been thinking a lot since it came up about how to actually 
> build itla.
> 
> I believe it would be about 1-3 month's work to get a useful first
> release that is then fairly easy to extend.  I also think it would
> wind up eventually being a very handy tool for writing an arch GUI and
> for writing overarch-style functionality.
> 
> The question I'm stuck on is how much "demand" there is for itla.
> Opinions?  Ideas? Rants?  Tips?   I think it's a pretty exciting idea 
> but I'm not sure what priority to give it relative to other projects.
> 
> Enclosed is a fresh description of what itla would do initially, how
> it would work, and then how it could help with GUIs.

from my part I don't care about a GUI or itla or anything, until cvsps
equivalent exists and works efficiently.

arch still lacks core features, from my point of view it's pointless to
add an interactive thing or a GUI until arch is more powerful than cvsps
and bitkeeper.

I would only recommend you not to force people not to make itla
mandatory for building tla, I'm not going to install guile in my system,
not a single package in my install requires that and I use pymacs to
emacs script.