On Thu 09 Aug 2012 at 16:33:39 +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:43:38 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > You've already provided a major reference for the discussion which has > > taken place on debian-devel. It included controversy (altering the > > status quo always does) but it really does come down to size. The first > > CD is not big enough to hold GNOME but I assume it will be on the first > > DVD. So maybe the decision was quickly made but it didn't come from > > nowhere. > > Well, the idea came from one mind, that's for sure :-)
Really for sure? :) https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2012/05/msg00025.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/07/msg00115.html > yet still there > are many questions floating in the air and not just because of the > decision itself but (warning, rant starts here): > > 1/ The time of the change (when freeze is already in place) Freeze exception. To accomodate GNOME or KDE on CD#1 both DEs would have had to be cut down. More work for maintainers and complaints from users. > 2/ The nature of the change (the installer is a key piece of any OS and > it has to be well tested and yes, I run the installer from time to time > in a VM to see if there's something missing or that fails) The installer hasn't left beta-1 yet. Plenty of time left. > 3/ No feedback (there can be another alternatives to XFCE) Ratpoison? > > The way the artwork for Wheezy was chosen also had its critics. See the > > June archive for debian-desktop. The work is done by people who step > > forward and surveys are not necessarily going to make that happen. > > Choosing the background, banner colours "et al" and defaulting a DE from > the installer are not quite the same, I'd say >:-) But the process of how the decisions are made and who makes them is the same. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120809184137.GO6660@desktop