Re: [Pan-users] Coding guidelines?

[Rui Maciel]

On 03/31/2012 12:39 PM, Duncan wrote:
> I'm not sure if you had in mind the following, or more literal code
> format conventions, but FWIW...

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I had in mind stuff which was a bit more low-level, but the stuff you 
pointed out is in no way less important.  The main issue I had in mind 
was what programming language to use.  More precisely, what C++ standard 
to target and which language features are accepted or avoided in Pan's 
source code.  This issue is a bit more important now that there is a new 
C++ standard is out and some compilers already support at least some of 
the new features.

Regarding Pan's development process in a broader sense, are there any 
plans to add a section to Pan's site which explicitly covers how Pan is 
developed and how others may contribute to it?  There is a section 
covering Pan's roadmap, and the download section includes references to 
a set of source code repositories, but that appears to be it.

With regards to the bit about Pan not requiring GNOME, it is 
unquestionably the right thing to do.  Yet, as Pan's site refers to Pan 
as "gnome newsreader", maybe this might appear a bit contradictory to 
some people.  Wouldn't it be better to refer to Pan as, for example, a 
gtk newsreader?


Rui Maciel