On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)<bochecha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I understand the urge to ship empathy because it's included in gnome >> -- but let's be honest: if the two clients were judged side-by-side >> and rated, there's not a chance in hell empathy would win. : ) > > ... and yet some of us definitely prefer it to Pidgin. :) > > I'm not sure the default apps should be chosen by popularity. Each > spin is produced by a team. This team has a vision of what they want > their spin to be like, and they choose the default apps according to > this vision. If you want to participate in the choice of the default [snip] I don't think anyone is calling for a vote here. (Though if there were one… I think the outcome would be obvious). The kind of non-trivial feature gaps that have been raised are exactly the sort of criteria which should influence in a decision, regardless of popularity. Vision is grand. I hope that software which meets peoples needs, and software which protects people's confidentiality is part of the shared fedora vision. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
