[Mono-list] Application level class library (gnome and mono)

[Stephen Homer]

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I may be talking though my hat here, so please, be kind in the replies!=20
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Has anyone considered the possibility of utilizing the existing code =
base of
Gnome (and other projects for that matter) to build a high level API for
gnome applications? For example refactoring (okay okay I mean rewriting)
Gnumeric into c# classes?
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1.	Drive and stress the current framework and the gnome specific hooks.
2.	Provide a nice, highly grained application level set of classes
which could be used to speed up the development of applications for =
Linux.
3.	Give a chance to developers to refactor and provide unit tests for
application code with the benefit of hindsight.
4.	"De-monolith" existing applications
5.	Introduce a new (largish) pool of c# developers to gnome
development.
6.	Provide reference implementations of Gnome/Mono development
approaches.
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Such a meta-project could easily run in parallel with existing gnome
implementation (indeed it almost certainly should, given that it so
risky...).
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Just some random thoughts please feel free to ignore.
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Steve
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