We are close to consensus consensus on the first two points. Help with wording a final report would be appreciated. I wish I could extrapolate Bill B's position from some of his earlier comments, but I cannot :)
We don't have consensus on the specific wording of the 3rd question, but do on the underlying principle of 'not being confusing' -- there are two suggestions that a more specific name than "Sugar on a Stick" be used, as that name is a normal English phrase and could naturally refer to a whole class of distributions. Since there's already a mailing list and some history behind "Sugar on a Stick", are there any others on this list that would like to see a more specific name? Does anyone expect this list to refer to all distributions of Sugar on removable devices, or is there broad agreement that this is for a specific team, concept, and product? Finally, are there any other questions that have been raised that people feel we should address? SJ On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz < [email protected]> wrote: > Samuel Klein wrote: > > Ben, Bill, DSD and Faisal -- can you please weigh in and share your > > thoughts? > > Happy to. > > "Should Sugar Labs be a GNU/Linux distributor, rather than just an > upstream producing Sugar releases?" > > Yes. Sugar Labs should do whatever is needed to make Sugar easily > available to our audience. When this goal is best achieved by > distributing complete operating systems including Sugar, we should have no > qualms about doing so. However, Sugar Labs should also continue to > emphasize the availability of Sugar through the mechanisms of existing > distro package managers, in order to reach users who already run GNU. > > "Should SL be neutral about distributions containing Sugar, and refuse to > endorse one over another?" > > Yes. Sugar Labs does not now have a mechanism for making blanket > endorsements, and it should not instate one. Conversely, Sugar Labs > should help users to choose their best option for deploying Sugar, > depending on their individual needs, and this will typically mean > recommending a particular distribution best suited for each user. > > "Should 'Sugar on a Stick' be a phrase that SL asks its community to avoid > using unless they refer to the SoaS-Fedora distribution?" > > No. We should give this distribution a unique, identifiable name that > cannot be confused with a generic description of an entire class of > distributions. > >
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