Probably true, but it already includes fonts and input sources. So, someone has felt that 'front-end applications only' is too narrow. Now, where you can draw the line?On 01/01/15 04:21 PM, Hedayat Vatankhah wrote:
From what I understand, Gnome Software is intended for front-end applications only.Well, I was really surprised that developers are considered a target audience here. GNOME Software *might* be considered good enough for normal users, but its far from usable for a developer; even a developer who don't want to touch the terminal. Actually, it is *terrible* for such a developer. Why?
Did you try that? The problem with searching for "C++" is that it will list almost all applications (probably it searches for "C"). So it has nothing to do with DevAssistant.
1. He search for "C++" and .... (I doubt that it tries to interpret it as a regular expression or something. Probably it thinks that the user is an idiot and removes "+" signs on behalf of him).DevAssistant application available by default on Fedora Workstation is designed for that purpose.
So, every IDE should have a 'clang' addon? and also a gcc addon? At least, if 'shared' add-ons are available things will be much easier.
2. He has installed Eclipse + CDT and hopefully he can compile his C++ programs with GCC. Now, he learns about Clang and would like to try it.Clang is a compiler that be installed as an add-ons for Eclipse. That is very much an request of enhancement for IDEs installation in Gnome Software.
Add-ons cannot cover development libraries, unless every library is an add-on for all IDEs!
There are developers unaware of the concept of package manager which does not help. Gnome Software is actually useful once the add-ons functionality is fully expanded on applications. Works need to be done allowing a seamless integration.
GNOME Software is not that useful for a developer. As Rechard himself said, he'll need a package manager anyway. So, If Workstation product really targets developers, specially the ones who don't want to use terminal, it MUST include a graphical package manager.
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