-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ean Schuessler wrote: > ----- "Javier Fernandez-Sanguino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You mean something like this: >> http://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros > > Yes! > >> I started it off a long time ago although I don't have the time to >> maintain it. Of course, there's lots of room for improvement there. > > Right. I think one of the first areas for improvement would be making the > page easier to find! The only thing I can see on www.debian.org that links to > this is the Debian FAQ. Ideally, this list would show up as a direct link off > of "Getting Debian". > > My main suggestion is that rather than promoting all Debian variants we would > promote those that follow some rules. For instance: > > * The dist must display a "Real Debian GNU/Linux" logo (or something like > that) on their site. > * The dist must pass some test suite we would make up that checks whether > things work as we expect them to work in Debian. > * The dist developers go through some kind of Debian Developer kind of > initiation where they promise us to play nice or something. > * Use our issue tracking/patch management/release/whatever procedures in a > certain way that we define. > * Whatever else we decide they need to do. > > In return for these considerations they would get their fancy new dist > promoted on our world famous web site. These dists can take care of all kinds > of specialized markets that we don't explicitly cater to. > > * Incredibly computer illiterate people who can barely use their computer > * Kids/infants (who can later teach those just mentioned) > * Giant corporations who want to install Debian onto their weird proprietary > thing and otherwise be very nice > * Other people who love to distribute proprietary blobs > > The good news is that lots of these mini-dists already exist and would love > this kind of program. It would give them more visibility and a sense of > quality and good community behavior. It would help users avoid things that we > know are badly behaved. Most of all it would expand the visibility of the > Debian umbrella so that we feel like we are growing (which we are) rather > than shrinking. > You've Some good ideas there however,
1. In some respects you're talking about Pure Blends/CDDs/Whatever the heck we call them now ;) 2. As to issue tracking and release management. We shouldn't really care. Just as long as most of the non-debian packages are policy compliant. 3. Instead of a logo, we should require a simple textlink, in a prominent place, of course . Cheers Matt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkkvJwACgkQfGeS0kace83waQCfQY76f6sTUVVByPh5RnBNevh+ 9OQAn21IgHeCoGQLbBeE4yEzZtlC/7Br =hxwF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
