On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 03:37:26PM +0100, Mark Trompell wrote: > So here we are again, just for those who can't remember, here is the > old proposal of Michael from 4 yrs ago.
thanks for that. i especially like this part: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Originally, Foresight was about getting the latest versions of > cool new software to users quicker. Since the point of the latest > versions is that they are changing rapidly, this necessarily implies > that the target users are those who accept and relish this change. > The technology that enabled Foresight was Conary: with Conary, > Foresight could be built on top of another distribution. rPath > Linux provided that base on top of which Foresight could focus on > the new bits. > > However, the fact that Foresight is rolling to new versions at > any time and rPath Linux is maintained as a classic stable > distribution, and that rPath has not found strategic value in > maintaining a constant stream of development updates for a set > of rapid releases of new versions of rPath Linux, has created > an immense amount of duplicated work in Foresight, outside of > the core competence and purpose of Foresight. We saw this with > fl:1; it got better when fl:2 was closely based on rpl:2, and > now that fl:2 is barely related to rpl:2 we're back to progress > being very hard to attain. which is where we still are now, and it's more painful than ever. even though rpl is now dead, and its remains have been folded into fl:2 proper, we are still stuck with a lot of old packages from that era. i'd like to repeat on what doniphon said on irc this week: (paraphrasing from memory) given his situation, he favors a strategy that allows more people to contribute quickly. and i am with him on that. i think we need to engage those who are still willing to help and then motivate more contributors to join. greetings, martin. -- eKita - the online platform for your entire academic life hackerspace beijing - http://qike.info -- chief engineer eKita.co pike programmer pike.lysator.liu.se caudium.net foresight developer realss.com foresightlinux.org unix sysadmin trainer developer societyserver.org Martin Bähr working in china http://societyserver.org/mbaehr/ _______________________________________________ Foresight-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.foresightlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel
