Re: [gentoo-dev] desktop

[Spider <spider@gentoo.org>]

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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:22:51 +0200
dams@idm.fr wrote:


> * What is desktop :
> desktop would be the project responsible of the desktop part of gentoo
> Linux, without making global decision, like : should we build a
> special product for desktop, should we have a modified install, should
> we restrict some possibility to default...

I'm quite against this turn of development as it will split our meager
develpomentteam even further and direct resources at maintaining two
trees in paralell. Even if one is just "desktop cludge" to make the
DesktopDistribution work, it would require Time and Development.

As a general thread, we could well develop a meta system to create one
(or more)  generic desktop setup's (I guess we'd at least need two, one
for KDE and one for Gnome, or people would never shut up. )


Preparing a desktop distribution would require a lot of planning though,
and is something that should be -VERY- carefully planned and documented
before proceeding. 


> * The tasks :
This is where it becomes interesting. Who will do such discussion?
The management team? The users? The Developers? 



> 
> 
> That's why we might begin with a representation of what would the
>perfect desktop product be, and see if we have everything we need in
>gentoo. 


Thats a slippery slope to follow since it very much depends on the
purpouse of the desktop (corporate desktops may well -not- include a
webbrowser) 


//Spider

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