-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Karanbir Singh wrote: > Tushar Abraham Mathew wrote: >> Dear Mr. Singh, >> we would like to make some clarifications on what you >> pointed out. BOSS is not intended to be distibuted behind closed doors. >> Though it was intended mainly for the Government and Educational >> domains, it has already been distributed free of charge to a number of >> colleges and other institutions.
Excellent news Tushar but from your mail it also does get conveyed that it was meant as a Government and Educational distribution and one of the USPs (if I may use that term) is L10n. So, are all these additions that BOSS makes being pushed upstream viz to GNOME, SCIM/m17n etc ? Given that BOSS was targeted at Government and Education is there a roadmap to create hardware test suites for certifying and validating hardware ? Are there plans to create an ISV environment around the distribution ? What are the projected release cycles for BOSS ? Is there a roadmap I can track ? I notice that BOSS is being tested against LSB test batteries - is there a particular reason why this is being done ? Can BOSS derivatives be created ? Will the source code be made available online or need I ask for it ? How can I (re)use BOSS for a custom spin ? >> If you think you could contribute in some way to BOSS, please let us >> know what your strengths are. You could add your enhancements to BOSS >> and if found worthwhile we could always bundle them in our next version. So, there's no method for me to contribute directly into a public SCM for BOSS ? Lastly, I don't think Karanbir meant "distribution behind closed doors" - - what he did point out was "development behind a non-transparent process". It would be great if BOSS's plans for a community building effort were discussed in detail. :Sankarshan - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF8nk8XQZpNTcrCzMRAksAAJ9YjvzYfW2wI8gKAtaOiBWyadSRDwCgk6JX dYIdgvCgE7W90zBEAh3ABys= =TxK4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
