----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Jiri Eischmann" <eischmann@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Development discussions related to Fedora" > <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:13:20 PM > Subject: Re: 3D printing in Fedora > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 05:02:17PM -0400, Jiri Eischmann wrote: > > I think the time to discuss if a spin is needed or not hasn't come > > yet. > > Now, the primary goal should be to get all the tool in Fedora. When > > that's > > done, they should probably go for a package group to give users an > > easy > > way to install those tools. And then if the initiative gets a > > traction and > > attracts a lot of people I don't see a reason why they can't have a > > spin. > > I think it's not really a matter of "can't have". It's a matter of > "maybe > not the best use of energy". Take a look at the numbers for the top > spins > this release, over on the right column of this page: > > http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ > > > I don't think this is because KDE or XFCE aren't popular among Fedora > users. > People just don't get the via spins. And that's even more true for > non-desktop spins. Are those numbers correct? They seem ridiculously small even for something people don't use. Isn't it a daily count? Anyway, the desktop spins make sense at least for our multidesktop live DVDs which are very appreciated by users in my experience. Jiri -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
