On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 17:57 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > On 11/06/2012 05:42 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > >> >Good question. I guess the answer is "practicality", dual boot with > >> >Windows is the most common use case. We can't really extend this > >> >criterion to_any_ operating system, we don't really want to block > >> >Fedora because it can't properly dual-boot with Haiku or whatever, do > >> >we? > > Right. It's a pragmatic consideration. We can't support all dual boot > > cases, and dual booting alongside Windows is the most common and > > important to support (as it's what you need to do to attract new > > converts). > > > >> >OTOH I find somewhat inconsistent that our release criterion is > >> >related to a closed-source proprietary product, while Fedora > >> >philosophy, as currently interpreted/written, refuses these links [1]. > > I don't think there's a conflict at all. All distros work hard to dual > > boot with Windows successfully because that's how you get people to try > > Linux: i.e., it's actually a key thing to have *in order to driver our > > philosophy*. > > > > That argument does not hold water and has not for sometime now... > > Remind me again what the purpose of live cd/dvd/usb is ;) That's not really the same thing at all. You can try out this funny Linux thing for an hour or two using a live image. You can't use it seriously. Fact is, a _lot_ of people still dual boot with Windows, because they're not sure they want to switch 100% to Linux, or they still need to run some apps on Windows, or they want to play games, or whatever. Is anyone seriously doubting it's a common and important use case? -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
