-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Firstly, this is my first submission to the list, forgive (and correct me) if I err.
Secondly, has there been any discussion about the gNewSense packaging policy? Specifically, who is able to make a package? Are there specific steps someone must go through to be a maintainer (like Debian's highly structurized system) or is it more community oriented like Nexenta GNU/OpenSolaris has in place? Also, what packages are acceptable for gNewSense? I'm assuming minor variations to anything in Dapper is welcome (such as artwork changes), but is there yet official policy on non-Dapper packages? For instance, Gnash is a Free software Flash plugin and player that is in the Debian Sid repos, but is NOT in Dapper, would this package be a good candidate for inclusion into gNewSense? Or the Enlightenment DR17 desktop shell. It is not in Ubuntu or Debian at all, but is Free Software and has a vibrant and active development cycle and is quite stable. Would such packages stand a chance at inclusion into the gNewSense repos? The next set of questions ties into the above, I suppose. How much deviation from Ubuntu are we going for? Is the goal of gNewSense to be a Free Software clone of Ubuntu/Kubuntu, or is it to make a good distro out of Free Software, using Ubuntu as a base? Would deviations from Ubuntu defaults be considered, or would they merely be rejected? Should we, in making packages, help gNewSense develop it's own identity, or stick to the familiar Ubuntu? - -Kevin Dean -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF3ap6IU6faB3X04sRAp/GAKCkK/EZoMHJ/lhTrRdLEIJ+QPzBAACgkvUS DU8fMc1hI2ckRVMmLTQpJBQ= =0a8l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
