On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 13:09 +0000, Allan Day wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Thanks for reaching out with your ideas. I'm afraid that you're > catching us at a bad time - we are really close to UI freeze and a lot > of us are working flat out on that. I personally don't have much time > to spare on mailing lists right now. :) > > Can you explain what the GNOME 2 sub-project would actually look like? > It's hard to respond without knowing details about how it would > actually work. I understand that you are proposing to utilise some > GNOME 3 modules, but how would it differ? Would it have a 3.x > gnome-control-center? Would it have a shell? If not, which pieces > would you use instead? Would you expect the GNOME project to make > regular GNOME 2 releases alongside GNOME ones? Would we work to ensure > we produce quality GNOME 2 releases as well as GNOME 3 releases? How > would we market these two experiences? What would we recommend to > distributions? > > Thanks, > > Allan
After some deep reflection and considerations I finally got the root of my frustration with the GNOME project. In reality I don't have anything against GNOME 3. It's that GNOME has been slow to adapt to the changes in the GNOME ecosystem. The central problem is the idea of having a single dedicated desktop product. That's why I propose the GNOME Meta-Desktop. Posted below is the Problem statement of this proposal as a preview. I've posted the full proposal to the wiki.gnome.org so you can comment on points directly. ----------------------- GNOME Meta-Desktop Problem For some time now, Linux has been evolving beyond the idea of the "single" desktop platform. This is not Windows where each platform is bolted down to a single desktop interface design. Unfortunately projects like GNOME have been slow to adapt. GNOME's focus on a single dedicated desktop interface design has caused the Linux desktop space to fragment causing divisions and frictions between the various communities. This has also deprived commercial Linux platforms the ability to shape desktops that fit strict requirements demanded by their target markets. Currently and unofficially GNOME is evolving into a meta-desktop with GNOME Shell, Cinnamon and MATE the resultant outputs of this evolution. This brings along with it several problems such as fragmentation and redundancies. The GNOME meta-desktop needs to be standardized, needs community collaboration and needs GNOME in-house desktop products to drive it forward. ------------------------ https://wiki.gnome.org/AlexGS/GnomeMetaDesktop Thank you for your time and attention. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
