I don't know what the steering group thinks about this but for me Andrew certainly has a point...
2011/10/12 Andrew Flegg <[email protected]> > Carsten wrote: > > > > We (as in the steering group) like to query the community for ideas > > on what to call the Community Edition in the future. Currently our > > splash screens says MeeGo 1.3 Community Edition which will be > > increasingily inaccurate as we're working to rebase CE on top of > > the Mer Core. > > OK, I'm confused on where you are with defining Mer's governance - > which "steering group" are you referring to? > > > Some limitations: > > * Can't include trademarks or company names, such as MeeGo / Tizen, > > Nokia, etc. > > * Can't include Mer within it as Mer's a core and CE is not "the" > > Mer UX (nor is anything) > > OK, above you refer to "Mer Core" which - as you know - fits into what > I was pitching "MeeGo 2.0" would be: http://wiki.meego.com/Blueprint. > I think this is now the template for how Mer should function. However, > you also state "Mer's a core" (implying nothing more than that). > > IMNSHO, "Mer" should refer to the project which facilitates the > development of a stack of related projects by different teams. "Core" > is one of those projects. "Community Edition" (not sure a new name is > needed if naming is consistent) is another project which takes the > output of "Core", "UX#1", "N900 Adaptation" and "N9(50) Adaptation" > and sprinkles on some of their own special sauce. > > Glossary: > > * "Mer" - a group of projects providing the infrastructure for developing > an open source, mobile Linux OS. > * "Mer Core" - a project which provides the smallest booting Linux & Qt > environment. > * "Mer Tools" - build tools and stuff on top of "Core" necessary to build > it either cross-compiled or self-hosting. > * "Mer Apps" - apps.formeego.org development, infrastructure etc. > * "Plasma Active for Mer" - a project taking Plasma Active and > delivering a Mer > build of it. > * "Handset UX for Mer" - a project taking MeeGo's Handset UX and > delivering a > Mer build of it. > * "Mer Community Edition" - a polished, project aiming to deliver a > day-to-day > usable build of one or more of the other Mer projects, acting as a > reference > vendor. > > The scope of "Mer" has to, IMHO, encompass these other projects > (rather than being "[just] a core") - it has to be a toolbox of > projects; for no other reason as to provide a home for the "rest" of > meego.com as it diminishes over time. > > Cheers, > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Flegg -- mailto:[email protected] | http://www.bleb.org/ > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-handset mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-handset >
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