On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 12:51 -0900, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > And here is the crux of the issue. Look at it from an upstream > project's perspective and their need to create a brand identity. What > if GNOME as a project _wants_ their desktop to look the same no matter > who distributes it and want it to look different from other peer > offerings? > > Right now the branding needs of a distribution project and the > branding needs of an upstream project are in conflict in our > traditional approach. Your solution prioritizes the branding needs of > the distribution and weakens the brand of the upstream project. Can we > find a better solution than this? What's the end goal? If everyone's end goal is world domination it's not a solvable problem, is it? Free software's desktop experience is fractured right now... cut vertically by distros, cut horizontally by desktop environments. We decided on a kernel (well maybe the FSF would disagree) but a desktop, being visual and more digestible, is easier to argue over. We want free software to have a fighting chance against the mainstream desktops, yet we all have our own pet project that we insist should be the vehicle for it. ~m _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
