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On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > " So I'd probably start off by getting rid of all the technical debt we > might have accumulated in the race to release and getting some tools to > manage the increased complexity we're facing, e.g. unifying the way CMake > works, providing better code documentation, adding some automated testing, > etc." > > I'm so proud I could cry. *tear*. I support this message. > On Aug 25, 2013 6:49 AM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yay, bike shedding! Wait for me! >> >> AFAIR the original plan was to use gods from the same pantheon for any >> given series, Roman for the 0.x series specifically, hence the name of the >> DE - Pantheon. So I looked for suitable Roman deities and I think I've >> found a great one. >> >> Continuing the trend, she's a Roman deity and has a celestial body in the >> Solar system named after her. What's more, according to a myth that was >> very widespread in late antiquity, she eventually moved to Egypt and became >> Isis! >> >> Behold Io! The Roman Isis that comes with a celestial body and a domain >> name hack! >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28mythology%29 >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28moon%29 >> >> By the way, turns out http://elementary.io is already registered by >> Cassidy and currently redirects to elementaryos.org, so I feel like this >> was the plan all along. >> >> As for development, we have ~8 months till release, so this is going to >> be an iterative cycle. We're obviously not going for Wayland or Mir or >> anything equally new and fancy because that technology is not yet baked and >> will not be on par with the time-proven base by 14.04. It does look like >> we'll have another huge migration on our hands after that, though. >> >> So I'd probably start off by getting rid of all the technical debt we >> might have accumulated in the race to release and getting some tools to >> manage the increased complexity we're facing, e.g. unifying the way CMake >> works, providing better code documentation, adding some automated testing, >> etc. >> >> Next, since we're making an iterative cycle, I'd stop acting and start >> reacting. Like, make a list of things that people have trouble with in Luna >> and fix them. I have compiled an [incomplete] list of gripes people seem to >> have with Luna. Maybe we should run some user testing and see what causes >> issues? >> >> We can't afford organized user testing, but we could reach out to the >> community - say, provide people with testing methodology and ask people who >> spread elementary OS to carry out the testing and send in the results. Like >> run a user testing sprint to identify the issues the target audience has, >> and fix them. Sounds like a plan! >> >> Long live Io! >> >> -- >> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff >> OS architect @ elementary >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Alex Lourie
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