Re: AS: Metro vs XFree?
Guylhem Aznar (ciguylhem@barberouge.linux.lmm.com)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:59:07 +0200
On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 07:27:12PM +0000, Ben Tracy wrote:
> I know nothing of KDE, but I would hazard a guess in relation to the other
> two is that the high memory usage has to do with the features that those
> wms have that AS does not. (This is particularly true of E.) The same
Right, E has features to explain skyhigh memory usage
> could probably be said for KDE. IMHO, all at least WM and E are the
But say, what features k9wm has fvwm hadn't ? :)
> victims of what I would consider feature bloat. But hey, some people like
> those features, and if they don't whine about the memory usage, then more
> power to them.
Ok
> AS uses the least memory not necessarily because it is the best coded, but
> more because nobody's attempted to hack the source to add unnecessary
> stuff. Don't get me wrong. I _like_ that about AS. I would hope that
:=) Just browse the sources, you'll see how many unnecessary features we've
added. But it's still clean because most are compile time options and code
is ~ nice.
Try BACKWARDS option to revert everything :)
> the priorities for development after the release of 1.5 would not be
> adding new features, but more on stability. (I bet I have to relogin
> to X once a work day or so because AS 1.4.55N6.42.QZ.partridge.pear_tree
> bites the dust.)
I won't maintain AS during 1.6 devel, but I hope it'll have more features
*&* more stability.
> Cheers!
> Ben
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