On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 20:33, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Andres Salomon wrote: > > Suggestions are most welcome. > Feel free to ask about details if something is not clear about the slides > or any other things are missing. IMHO a debian-enterprise is very much > missing and would be a great enhancement.
Thorough agreement. I believe a debian-enterprise sub-project would serve very well to gather support from various companies that utilize Debian. At the software company I used to work at we had various "local" packages, mostly site-specific, but as manager I would have readily given approval to make all applicable work available to debian(-enterprise subproject). Having a focal point is a great thing. Wishlists, mailing lists, and like minded people all come together to build small pieces of the communal puzzle. Also, definitely debian-enterprise, not debian-user subproject. Plenty of user stuff already (-multimedia, -jr, -med, etc). Perhaps, for anyone wondering whether separate or sub project is the way - check out DeMuDi (external distro) which is now kind of morphing into debian-multimedia sub project. Is there enough concensus to start a list - anyone with the resource access and experience to create a webpage for the subproject? I will join the list as soon as it's available. Bruce Perens mentioned in an interview recently (not so recent I can remember the link though sorry) that he feels the time is ripe for just such a sub project. My feeling was that there are potentially some large corporates who would back such a move (HP?, SUN? - I don't know, but we can guess). cheers zen