On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 14:11 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:30:18PM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/AtomicWorkstation > > has some answers to your questions. > It does, thanks. I did look at that before but had forgotten some of > it -- and it's a really nicely done document, so that's on me. Thanks > for the reminder. > > However, when it gets to the "applications" and "developer needs" > portions, it's more about possibilities and plans than concrete > steps, > which is where I'm worried about the practical aspects. > > If we're going to make this as a prototype/demo/toy for F25, with a > goal further out, that's not a problem. But if we want to deliver all > of that by then, we really need to step up in resources. Take a look > at > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/PriorityPipeline — > support for ostree-based Workstation is there, but there's nothing > for > application delivery as xdg-apps or the "different installation > mechanism" mentioned in Owen's doc. > I hope my initial mail did not give the impression that 'we have it all perfectly planned out and all the work is done, lets just ask for the rubberstamp'. Figuring out all the required pieces and collecting them on a Change page is supposed to be the result of discussing this in the WG, not the input to that discussion... > > > > As for closer alignment with Atomic, I have heard both your opinion > > (yes, make this part of the atomic umbrella) and the opposite (no, > > atomic is already too much of a grab bag of stuff). I personally > > think > > aligning with Atomic is the right idea. > Yeah, I hear the grab-bag thing too. I don't think we should put > anything under the name _without_ also have the alignment with > technology. And, the other way around, it's a good idea to align the > technology even if we don't use the name. Of course, thats why there is 'ostree' in the subject line of the initial email. We are planning on using rpm-ostree and the regular Workstation content rpms for this (in fact, David King is already prototyping this). -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
