On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:05 PM, BostonPeng <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I'd be concerned that the ease of configuration in Do would be limited,
> especially
> after having to jump through so many hoops to configure other parts of
> GNOME (screensaver jumps to mind).
>

Why? They don't go through and change our source code or anything.. I don't
think is a concern that you should have.


> Seeing how much trouble merging Do into GNOME would cause from a tech
> angle is just one more reason I hope Do will stay independent. Some
> users hate docks, and some prefer other docks)  so I feel it would be
> best if users can opt-in to use Do rather than having to specifically
> opt-out of using it.


What applications get shipped by default is a distro decision, not a GNOME
decision. I'm not really sure you fully understand what GNOME is. This move
will not affect users at all, it's really a decision that only affects
developers.


> Otherwise GNOME would remind me a little too much
> of Firefox devs who seem to want to practically throw the kitchen sink
> into the default browser to make some vocal (and possibly new-ish)
> users happy rather than to let users know about the wide range of
> addons already available. The result of their "all in" philosophy is
> that some long time users now feel Firefox has gotten bloated to the
> point of pushing some of us to look at other browser alternatives.


GNOME is a collection of applications, not a specific app, so this concern
is pretty much address by what GNOME is. I think that most of your concerns
come from a lack of understanding as to what GNOME is. GNOME is not an
application, GNOME is a collection of many applications.


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