On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 16:06, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > Q: when can we do that? And who will make it happen... There are a lot > of bright people on the list that can help to make it happen. How do we > first define an architecture for this. Produce a document first?
Well preliminary questions are: 1. Is there any hope of MandrakeSoft adopting a plan like this? 2. If so, will they administer it? In other words, do THEY want to reorganize into a more community-based distro, or do they want US to form our own community and then reject it if they don't like it? Personally I look at it as a chance for Mandrake to reorganize, to see ways to improve the shortcomings of the distro, to attract more developers, to keep them longer, and to do things more efficiently. I hope nobody sees it as a bunch of renegade wanna-be programmers trying to steal the distro. The employees at MandrakeSoft work their asses off making a good distro. We want to make their life easier, not put them out of work, right? Austin -- Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc. Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto MandrakeClub Volunteer (www.mandrakeclub.com) homepage: www.groundstate.ca