On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 06:47:25PM -0500, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Ryan Lerch wrote: > > > The line was drawn in Software to define an "Application" as something > > that has a desktop file -- aka a GUI application. Although you could argue > > that mutt, vim, git etc are applications also but users are going to use > > them on a command line, so i think the assumption that was made was that > > those users would be comfortable using the command line to install them. > > <https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop> > > > > I have noted this before but this isn't a good assumption. I am very > comfortable using yum,dnf etc but I would prefer to use GNOME Software > since I get the benefit of ratings and while I am using GNOME Software to > install a bunch of apps, picking up git and mutt (or even graphical apps > that don't ship with appdata etc) along the way is easier than mentally > switching contexts depending on whether the app fits GNOME Software > requirements to be listed. "This assumption doesn't fit me" != "This isn't a good assumption." Revisiting this approach on the basis of how you and I use our systems is not constructive because we are atypical by definition. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
