Hi yet again, Well I really did miss out on some important dialog in that six months. I just finished reviewing the Mail archives and I found the following information most intersting/helpful.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2004/02/msg00071.html Explained a split in debian desktop subproject and what appears to be a debian desktop cdd. I am not exactly sure how this effects things. However it does resolve some very confusing statements I have seen. http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/apt-watch Looks like the apt-watch utility made it into Sarge. I tried it out today and it works very nicely. :-) http://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2004/05/msg00015.html This pointed out an interesting argument over the menu situation. The long flame war on debian-devel regarding the menu situation was one of the reasons I quit reading debian-devel. Not only did people get mad, but there was never a solution or consensus to run with. AFAICT, it still doesn't appear to be resolved. http://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2004/06/msg00004.html Good to see someone taking a stab at the graphical installer work. Still looks like there is a lot to do there though. An interesting hurdle is changing the debconf frontend on the fly. One would think that was already feasible. Then there is the actual work of supporting GTK DirectFB. http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianControlCenter Information on the Debian Control Center project. This is some awesome stuff. Gnome-System-tools are now already part of Debian Gnome. Debian-KDE has some good configuration tools as well. So there appears to be some positive progress here. Should there be a general status update? What is everyone working on at this point? My goal here is to get a clear idea where the subproject is at, what needs to be done, and who is doing what. Anyone else interested? Thanks -- Matthew P. McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
