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 :-).
