Hi, Sorry for top-posting, but I'm going to recommend if anyone wants to talk about GNOME OS or platform changes to start a new thread. While related, this is a different issue than the systemd proposal as an external dependency.
Paul On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Michael Terry <m...@mterry.name> wrote: > On 19 May 2011 10:32, Bastien Nocera <had...@hadess.net> wrote: >>> So what are the criteria for deciding which platforms to drop from >>> GNOME's scope? >>> >>> This thread is making it sound like the release team is OK with >>> criteria like "whichever platforms systemd doesn't run on," which >>> would certainly seem to put Ubuntu next in line for the axe. >> >> I think you need to look at the thread again. That was never mentioned, >> and we even mentioned ways for distributions that don't use systemd as >> the init system to ship the D-Bus mechanisms. > > True. I guess I'm really just interested in an official answer to > "What are the criteria for deciding which platforms are within GNOME's > scope?" > > That's obviously an iffy thing when talking about new modules, because > sometimes innovation happens in one place and other platforms get > forced to play catchup, which isn't strictly ruling out support. > Though some things you know can be ported easily, others you know > can't be. > > Without some formal guidance here, I worry about a slippery slope. > And it sounds like the GNOME OS concept changed some minds about what > that guidance should be. > > Olav mentioned the Linux-only issue being on the agenda for the next > Foundation meeting. > > -mt > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list