On 30 January 2014 00:01, Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Two thoughts: > 1. Is there scope for a spin to be a particular sub-focus of a product? > Desktop (all) > . desktop gnome > . desktop kde > . desktop twm (maybe not) > Server (all) > . server web > . server fileserver (or whatever might make sense) > The idea being that everything under one product should be a > subdivision of what would be included anyway. I realise there's the > potential there to snowball again. > > 2. Does the new application gui thing understand package groups or > collections? Without wishing to spread the whole cli vs gui package > debate (it's quite happy in the other thread), it seems it might be > relatively intuitive for someone to understand a 'give me a whole lot > of music applications' button. That might provide the equivalent of > what things like design and jam do currently (with the exception of > availability to areas with poor net access). > And pie in the sky for number 3: Easier composes so people can share things like embedded system spins without adding to mirroring or QA overhead. (Composes are not incredibly difficult if you know what you're doing, but that means knowing about things like needing to get pre-release kickstarts from git, set up a mock root (or ideally VM), mess about with selinux). Yes you can say "host it outside fedora", but it's much easier for someone to put a .ks up on a blog, github or google code than find decent hosting for a 500MB image. (Also I've realised I didn't use the word 'regardless' nearly enough in my last email.) -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
