On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:09 -0400, Michael Terry wrote: > On 19 May 2011 11:17, Jason D. Clinton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:02, Michael Terry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> True. I guess I'm really just interested in an official answer to > >> "What are the criteria for deciding which platforms are within GNOME's > >> scope?" > > > > Those for which people whom want them to work show up and do the > > integration work needed, as it's always been. I don't see anything in > > this thread that indicates that we're changing this position, at all. > > Come, there's more nuance than that. > > Say I proposed an awesome app store Feature for GNOME, but it happened > to require some new package format I'd invented, I gather GNOME > wouldn't just assume that all platforms should switch to my new > format.
You'd have to show beyond doubt that this can't be done in a way that keeps compatibility, such as through using PackageKit and extending the various packaging formats. > There must be some maximum threshold of work that is forced > upon platforms in the form of "keeping up with GNOME". > > I'm curious where the release team thinks that threshold lies. And > presumably it considers user base and/or developer base in how much > work it is asking others to do? i.e. requiring some HURD feature and > asking Linux devs to adapt would probably be a harder sell than the > reverse? If the HURD feature was an awesome idea, I'm sure we'd find enough manpower to get it implemented on Linux as well. I don't really see the point of asking such hypothetical questions. Common sense would certainly prevail if those cases actually came up. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
