From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:39:32 GMT
Subject: Re: If you would write git from scratch now, what would you change?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711271136050.27959@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20071127015833.GL14735@spearce.org>

Hi,

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Actually I might revisit this XUL concept using an HTTP server and AJAX.  
> I could actually link the damn HTTP server against libgit.a (Junio will 
> hate me).  If the server dies XUL can notice it and simply restart it.

But if you can restart the HTTP server via XUL, you can start other git 
programs directly.

What you'd have to do is (urgh) write a wrapper via start_command() 
which would recognize that the second process die()d.

All in all, I think if you want to switch from Tcl/Tk to another language 
for git-gui, for the sake of attracting more developers, it might be wiser 
to go Java than XUL.

Ciao,
Dscho