On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 05:28:53PM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 17:18 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote: > > > Agreed, it should be the page that directs our contributors. > > > > Yes, we agree on the above. > > > > > To create a > > > usable, general purpose desktop. > > > > > > > > > > No we do not agree on this. The Fedora Project's mission isn't just to > > create a general purpose desktop. Not by a long shot. By saying that > > at a /project/ level you basically tell every person out there that > > wants to work on making servers better, or wants to develop good > > documentation for software, or wants to create artwork, or wants to do > > anything that isn't a "general purpose desktop" to piss off and find > > another project. I don't think that will result in more contributors > > coming to Fedora. > > > > So lets leave the other missions in place, as suggested in the paper, and > just add one? Is there anyone else on the list that thinks trying to > build a usable, general purpose desktop is not worth being a mission of > the Fedora Project? > Yes. I agree with Jesse on this one. The Fedora Project should be about attracting contributors to make the Fedora Community better. This can include a lot of things that have nothing whatsoever to do with creating a distro, let alone a desktop distro. However, some subset of our contributors are interested in creating a desktop distro. Those subprojects (right now this work is focused via spins but it doesn't have to stay that way in the future) should carry the creation of a general purpose desktop as part of their mission. As part of our (The Fedora Project's) mission to build a better Fedora Community, promoting the various spins is one way to reward contributors for a job well done and to try to retain and grow the contributor base. -Toshio
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