Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Advocacy for Arch Linux

[Srevin Saju]

Thanks for the feedback Alex, I actually put forward a suggestion to look
into interested candidates to this proposal, Yes, I indeed feel the same,
an educational organization is most likely to use Ubuntu or Fedora. I
actually meant testing the existing packages and moving it to the
`Community Arch Packages` if it works good, and downgrade the python2-gtk
version of sugar to the AUR. And yes, I agree all distros can be
customized. Thanks,

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 9:51 PM Alex Perez  wrote:

> Srevin,
>
> I'm personally a fan of Arch Linux, but It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg
> problem, when we already don't have sufficient resources. While I welcome
> testing of Sugar on Arch, I don't think it makes sense for us to direct
> existing resources there, unless there's a demonstrable reason why it's
> necessary, or even directly beneficial. I would personally rather see Sugar
> Labs direct more focus on maintaining tested and good packages for
> Debian/Ubuntu, and Fedora, given that we know we have users there.
>
> All distributions can be relatively easily customized, so I'm not
> particularly swayed by the argument that Arch serves customization any
> better than any other distribution, frankly. I also suspect that most
> schools that choose to use Linux are likely using one of the more popular,
> mainstream distros, such as Ubuntu or Debian, possibly Fedora. Regardless,
> anyone is free to contribute as they choose, but asking us to focus efforts
> to $favoritePreferredDistro doesn't necessarily serve to benefit the
> community as a whole.
>
> Regards,
> Alex Perez
>
> Srevin Saju 
> February 4, 2020 at 8:17 AM
> I have noticed the GSoC projects for Ubuntu and Fedora, however, it would
> be nice to have Sugar tested on Arch Linux also, as part of GSoC. Currently
> we have only 1 tester for Arch, viz, Markimus, on the AUR. Testing on Arch
> Linux or Mankato, would help to also include Manjaro with Sugar DE
> distributions, moreover, Arch serves customisation, which a bigger
> organization can use, if they would like to use Sugar for students. This is
> only a suggestion. thanks.
>
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Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Advocacy for Arch Linux

[Alex Perez]

Srevin,

I'm personally a fan of Arch Linux, but It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg 
problem, when we already don't have sufficient resources. While I 
welcome testing of Sugar on Arch, I don't think it makes sense for us to 
direct existing resources there, unless there's a demonstrable reason 
why it's necessary, or even directly beneficial. I would personally 
rather see Sugar Labs direct more focus on maintaining tested and good 
packages for Debian/Ubuntu, and Fedora, given that we know we have users 
there.


All distributions can be relatively easily customized, so I'm not 
particularly swayed by the argument that Arch serves customization any 
better than any other distribution, frankly. I also suspect that most 
schools that choose to use Linux are likely using one of the more 
popular, mainstream distros, such as Ubuntu or Debian, possibly Fedora. 
Regardless, anyone is free to contribute as they choose, but asking us 
to focus efforts to $favoritePreferredDistro doesn't necessarily serve 
to benefit the community as a whole.


Regards,
Alex Perez

Srevin Saju 
February 4, 2020 at 8:17 AM
I have noticed the GSoC projects for Ubuntu and Fedora, however, it 
would be nice to have Sugar tested on Arch Linux also, as part of 
GSoC. Currently we have only 1 tester for Arch, viz, Markimus, on the 
AUR. Testing on Arch Linux or Mankato, would help to also include 
Manjaro with Sugar DE distributions, moreover, Arch serves 
customisation, which a bigger organization can use, if they would like 
to use Sugar for students. This is only a suggestion. thanks.


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[Sugar-devel] Sugar Advocacy for Arch Linux

[Srevin Saju]

I have noticed the GSoC projects for Ubuntu and Fedora, however, it would
be nice to have Sugar tested on Arch Linux also, as part of GSoC. Currently
we have only 1 tester for Arch, viz, Markimus, on the AUR. Testing on Arch
Linux or Mankato, would help to also include Manjaro with Sugar DE
distributions, moreover, Arch serves customisation, which a bigger
organization can use, if they would like to use Sugar for students. This is
only a suggestion. thanks.
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