Luke, On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM Luke Lollard via Discussion list for the GNUstep programming environment <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all, > > In at attempt to help understand what GNUstep is, I've created a [page > on the wiki][1] to collect and clarify all of its parts, how they fit > together, and their current state. Any help to improve this would be > greatly appreciated. > Sure. I am concerned about why there is still confusion... and so we dive in. :) > Not sure if the categories (Libraries, Tools, etc.) are correct, so feel > free to modify those or add more. Optimally, every item with have the > Owner, Summary, and Status filled out. The Owner section is essentially > who is currently maintaining it (or who has the most knowledge of the > item) and can contain more than one person. To make it challenging, > please keep the Summary to one sentence. > The owners of each of these is available on the current website as well as the CODEOWNERS file in each of the repos, but I understand why this info might not be easy to find. > # Libraries > - base > Richard Frith-MacDonald is the owner of base - gui > - Owner: Gregory Casamento > Fred Kiefer is the lead/owner of GUI - Status: Done? > - back > - Summary: Tells the system how to draw objects from libs-gui. > Owner: Fred K. - libs-xcode > Owner: Gregory Casamento > - rigs > - Summary: Ruby bindings. > - Status: Not working. Unmaintained, no current owner... unmaintained packages fall to me by default, unless someone volunteers. # Tools > - make > Owner: Richard Frith-MacDonald - nib2xib > Owner: Me Status: Not ready, in active development > - autogsdoc > - Summary: Generates HTML, XML, etc. reference documentation from > source code. > - Notes: Part of base? > Yes, this is part of base. # Apps > - System Preferences > Owner: Myself & Riccardo > - GORM > Owner: Gregory Casamento > - ProjectCenter > Owner: Riccardo Motolla # Websites > - gnustep.org > - wiki.gnustep.org > - Owner: Ivan Vucica > > Please only add things to this list that are officially part of GNUstep, > not GNUstep-adjacent (such as GSDE). > GAP. If you don't have access to the wiki, feel free to send the info over > email and I can add it later. > [1]: https://mediawiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Organization > > -- > Luke Lollard > Yours, GC -- Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / Black Lotus, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=352392 - Become a Patron https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c https://www.gofundme.com/f/cacao-linux-a-gnustep-reference-implementation
