On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Sebastian Dziallas <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin Dengler wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 06:33:47PM +0200, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: >>> Martin Dengler wrote: >>>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:32:55PM +0200, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: >>>>> == What is SoaS? == >>>>> >>>>> [...] SoaS aims to make it easy for local deployers to provide each >>>>> student with a thumbdrive (stick) [...] >>>> >>>> Notably, this does not say "SoaS is Sugar Labs' way of providing >>>> [anyone] with a [image to put on a] thumbdrive". >>>> >>>> Should we understand SoaS goal as a source-only distribution-making >>>> kit? If SoaS is to be Sugar Labs' way of distributing Sugar, we >>>> should clearly say so. If not, then we should clearly say so as well. >>> >>> That's actually a pretty important point and affects strongly the >>> future of SoaS. Since it clearly depends on SL's point of view, it's >>> something on which other opinions (like SLOBs') are needed. >> >> It'd be interesting to have your point of view. > > Heh, yeah. I probably should explain... > > So my vision is that this SoaS is actually *the* way of distributing > Sugar, as a SL product. If Sugar Labs doesn't think so, I'd have > preferred to be informed much earlier. But wait, who's SL here? > > Is it me? Is it SLOBs? Who's going to provide certainty here? > > I personally would like to see open discussions about SoaS being made > publicly on the mailing list (whether its a SoaS list or sugar-devel) to > encourage as many people to get involved as possible as well as to > minimise duplication of effort. I'd also like to gain this certainty > about what are the plans for the SoaS brand in general are, etc. > > --Sebastian
I am working on a reply, which I hope articulates Sugar Lab's needs so SoaS can figure out where it fits in. david >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Sebastian Dziallas >>>> >>>> Martin >>> >>> --Sebastian >> >> Martin > _______________________________________________ > SLOBs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
