If it aint broke don't fix it!
Personally I can't abide FVWM and install xfce4, on old hardware I
install ctwm.
Somebody mentioned Wayland. I hope that never happens.
As for licensing... Mainly I trust Theo. If he wanted it gone it would
be gone.
DaveT
On 07/10/2025 22:12, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 09:03:46PM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
On 2025-10-07, David Uhden Collado <[email protected]> wrote:
A. Remove FVWM from the base system and retain only the window managers
fully aligned with policy, such as cwm and twm, in Xenocara. Anyone who
needs a modern version of FVWM can install it from the ports collection
(fvwm2 or fvwm3).
B. Replace FVWM in the base system with a window manager that is
licensed under a permissive license and is maintained (e.g. JWM). This
would offer a more user-friendly alternative to cwm without introducing
new code licensed under the GPL.
Questions for the list:
1. Do we agree that the base system should avoid "frozen" software?
no
Well since we have ice(4) in base there is a precedent for frozen code :-).
