----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Garrett" <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" <desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 11:46:38 PM > Subject: Re: Workstation PRD approval > > On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 01:47:48PM +0100, Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller > wrote: > > I did rewrite part of the PRD to make it an (even more) explicit part of > > the project, I just didn't want it in the usecase list due to the way we > > are focusing the development effort around the desktop I don't want to > > give a false impression of a lot of engineering resources being put into > > specific development for 'general users'. > > So who do we expect to provide those engineering resources? We seem to > agree that those general users are, in many cases, the developers and > enthusiasts that we expect to support, so we need to ensure that there's > development effort put into ensuring that the desktop experience itself > is compelling. I expect the vast majority of our engineering resources to come from Red Hat. > > Our 'general user' story is that we will have a solid foundation that > > 'just works' and of course many of the applications packaged for Fedora > > are of interest to general users. > > But to me if we are to add 'general users' as a usecase it should be > > accompanied by plans to write new desktop applications for Fedora that > > would appeal to such users. For instance if we planned to write a > > desktop Hulu app or a Facebook assistant or whatever the idea would be. > > The list of use cases is supposed to define the sets of users that we'll > consider during development. We agree that the needs of the general > desktop user are important and have to be considered during development, > which means that it's a supported use case. Which obviously means it > should be enumerated in the set of use cases. I disagree, it is meant to enumerate the areas we give special focus during development. Adding a 'catch all' usecase like 'general users' doesn't help anyone do anything. Christian > -- > Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- > desktop mailing list > desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
