On 27 September 2013 19:47, Xavier Brochard <xav...@alternatif.org> wrote: > On 2013-09-27 17:48:22 +0200 Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 27 September 2013 16:21, Xavier Brochard <xav...@alternatif.org> wrote: >>> >>> I mean "like others do" : release a set of tarball files and a few >>> instructions to setup. >> >> >> *Tarballs*? Seriously?! >> >> No. Not tarballs. That is the last thing that we want to be doing. Not >> in 2013. In 1993, yes; in 1998, maybe. > > > it is what other successfull desktop project do (kde, gnome, xfce, ...).
Aha, I see what you mean now. Well, where does Debian get its current GNUstep software for packing from? > tarballs are for packagers, not for end users And should we not be reaching out to end-users? >> With modest work, it is possible to produce packages that will install >> on both Ubuntu and Debian - that would be best of all. > > yes, see phillippe's packages. [Nod] I know about those. > No. What is missing is a list of things to install (there is no > gnustep-desktop package with dependencies) and instructions to setup. Second > step would be to automate this. Ah, I see what you mean now. I did ask for clarification. I must have misunderstood. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep