Looking for help writing apps

[Adam Fedor]

There are quite a few nice GNUstep applications out there right now. 
What I think is missing most is probably the less glamourous but really 
helpful tools and applications that might help make GNUstep easier to 
setup and use. Hopefully, there are some people looking for something 
to do and would want to volunteer for some of these. Here's my list, 
Perhaps you have different ideas...

1. A non-graphic installer.
I'm trying to solve the chicken-and-egg problem of installing gnustep 
software without a nice GUI application. This installer would be very 
basic, checking for potential conflicts, prerequisites and potential 
problems. Then install and test the basic GNUstep system. Just enough 
to get the graphical installer/setup app started.

I already started this (see gnustep/Startup in CVS), but I haven't had 
time to keep it up to date or to make it into what I really want it to 
be.

2. A graphic installer.
I had plans for this also, but I don't have time for it either.  I was 
thinking about something along the lines of FinkCommander, but one that 
would handle a variety of different packaging formats (tar.gz, deb, 
rpm, etc).

3. A Setup.app application for after GNUstep is installed.
I think this could be very similar, and perhaps based on the 
Preferences.app application, except that it would explicity step the 
user through setting the time zone, default languages, etc. Perhaps 
also setup an xsession file to startup GWorkspace and WindowManager (if 
installed). Then lead the user
to some helpful beginner information...