On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 04:26:52PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Thu, 2024-04-04 at 18:35 -0400, Neal Gompa wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek > > <zbyszek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 11:21:36AM -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > > > > So here are three brainstorming proposals: > > > > > > > > (a) Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop becomes a Fedora edition. We'd need to be > > > > careful about how we do it. I would still promote Fedora Workstation as the > > > > main/recommended "leading" desktop, would call Plasma an "alternative > > > > desktop option," and would strongly caution against use of the word > > > > "Workstation" anywhere in the branding for the Plasma version. That is, > > > > let's continue to steer undecided users towards Fedora Workstation, while > > > > making Plasma easier to find and presenting it more prominently than it is > > > > today. > > > > > > I like this proposal. It would give the KDE spin more prominence and > > > would be a good reply to the huge work that has been put into the spin > > > in recent times. It also wouldn't disrupt our story about Fedora Workstation. > > > > > > If we call it "Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop" or similarly, it won't be > > > confused with Fedora Workstation. > > > > > > > So, effectively no change other than it moves from the Spins section > > to the Editions section? That would also mean it should be on the > > front page too, like the other Editions. > > Being an Edition is a very significant thing, though, as we conceive of > Fedora more widely than just the download page. We put a bunch of hoops > in the way of IoT and CoreOS becoming editions, and there are hoops in > the way of Silverblue becoming one (or, you know, wherever we go with > that path in the end). My silent assumption was that the current change proposal would be withdrawn and replaced by a new proposal. We have a formal procedure in [1]. Looking at that list, it seems all fine. The only sticky point is whether KDE desktop serves a different purpose than Workstation with GNOME. I'd say it does: desktop preferences are like religion, and people don't just switch (except when they do). [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policy/edition-promotion-policy/ Zbyszek -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
