Hi Ted, I am expressing my personal opinion and do not speak for FBF. > > I think that the mistake being made most on this mailing list > is the tendency to devise solutions to complicated problems. > Sadly, this is just not a thing that can be done on a mailing > list. If the FreedomBox project exists to integrate existing > software, devising solutions to complicated problems is > wholly outside the scope of the FreedomBox. I wonder why such > discussion is encouraged on this list when there are so many > better places to go for it. I think people are devising solutions to complicated problems because AFAIKT the software in the "FBF Is/Is Not" mail lists Debian solutions that do not exist today; ## Facilitates secure, anonymous and private chat and messaging * Is the nerve center of your distributed social network. * Is a platform for federated social networking. * Is a platform for distributed collaboration. Do you know Debian software solutions for these requirements? > > I don't know if I haven't looked hard enough, but the only > thing I remember seeing from the FBF was a list of things the > FreedomBox is/is not. I don't remember seeing a set of tasks > made to package Debian software to do all the things the FBF > want the FB to do, or a list of Debian packages that already > exist but need better default configuration files, or > actually, anything being done. I can put an equal part of the > blame for this on myself, since I haven't done anything > towards these goals, but it's distressing that in such a > high-profile and obviously popular project, nobody seems to > have taken the low-hanging fruit. > I have also heard Eben say the software already exists except for mesh networking, but I think there is a lot more missing than mesh networking. Happy to be corrected.
I agree with you that the initial release of FreedomBox should contain existing "low hanging fruit" software, such an encrypted email and VOIP. It would be nice to at least see a low-hanging fruit roadmap from TAC. _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
