On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 09:35:58PM +0200, Sam Geeraerts wrote: > Richard Stallman schreef: >> The best way to encourage people to do the last 5% of the work >> to get non-C# applications packaged and installed >> is to refuse to put in the C# applications that have such equivalents. >> >> That way, the people who want either such a program included >> have a reason to help finish and package the non-C# program. > > The people who have those skills also know about repositories and how to > install/remove software, so not including those programs wouldn't > encourage them (much).
I think what Richard says would apply more to development in general than packaging. For example if we include a replacement in the default selection and a feature is missing, this will encourage developers to implement it; if a bug is present, it will encourage people to find it and fix it, etc. But of course, we should draw a line somewhere. I'm not proposing that we replace .NET apps unless there's an alternative with reasonably good quality. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
