On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Brian Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter: > >>> let's /not/ ship gnome, and ship KDE instead. It's a far superior & >>> more integrated desktop environment, and one that windows users ( the >>> largest platform out there ) are most likely to feel comfortable in >> >> One could debate the technical merits of each (and of many others, >> each of which will have its supporters). That's a waste of energy. >> >> Somewhere along the line, we've got to choose one to start with. >> Given the close alignment with what Solaris is and is likely >> to be, and the available community, gnome seems like the >> most obvious choice as the starting point. >> >> I would expect adding an alternative like KDE to be a simple >> operation - all it takes is making the packages available. > > Adding something as significant as a desktop is never as easy as > you might think. For example, you could refer to the PSARC 2008/549 > ARC case. The KDE team needs the Apache STL library, or needs the > Sun Studio compiler team to address the fact that the Sun Studio > STL doesn't support a lot of features KDE depends upon. > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-arc/2008-August/010931.html > > Reading that email thread makes this one seem a pretty short how > do you do. > >> And given that it's a stated goal of Indiana to allow others to >> leverage the work to make derivative distributions, you should >> be able to build Kindiana, if you so desire. Do you want to do >> that? > > I work on GNOME and think it is awesome that the KDE community is > working with us. There are a lot of common shared dependencies > that benefit when we work together on them. And that is just one > example of how KDE integration in Solaris is a good thing. KDE > and GNOME are both examples of great free software. > > Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >
I know a community member that is working with a small team to port KDE to OpenSolaris. I could put you in contact with him if you want to help. They haven't approached the idea of making a derivative based on KDE (maybe they will in the future when the packages work). Luis de Bethencourt -- Luis de Bethencourt Guimerá luisbg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: B0ED1326 _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
