Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-26 Thread William Jon McCann
Hi Richard, (we are not candidates and shouldn't derail this thread but just a quick response) On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:36 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: >    I really think the GNOME OS idea is a very good one, that is, making >    GNOME provide access to configuration and features of the underly

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-26 Thread Brian Cameron
Andy: On 05/26/11 04:51, Andy Wingo wrote: You just used the name "Richard Stallman" as a token for "this argument is invalid." You then proceeded to call someone stalinist; was it Richard? Was it GNOME OS proponents? Unclear. This was a poor attempt at humor, I guess. With my words I was

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-26 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi Brian, On Wed 25 May 2011 18:30, Brian Cameron writes: > Using the GNOME brand to foster divisions within the Free Software or > GNU/Linux community, to me, feels like the sort of thing Richard > Stallman would be into. While I love free software, I personally do > not drink this sort of Sta

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Pockey Lam
On 05/25/2011 02:24 PM, Frederic Peters wrote: Hello all, GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards to distributions (based or not on the Lin

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Richard Stallman
I really think the GNOME OS idea is a very good one, that is, making GNOME provide access to configuration and features of the underlying OS, so that it is a complete desktop that can deal with everything the users would ever need from a desktop. The idea is fine, but calling it "G

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Andre Klapper
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 08:24 +0200, Frederic Peters wrote: > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributions (based or not on th

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Stormy Peters
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Frederic Peters wrote: > Hello all, > > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributions (ba

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Diego Escalante Urrelo
Hello Frederic :) On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Frederic Peters wrote: > Hello all, > > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Ryan Lortie
hi Frederic, On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 08:24 +0200, Frederic Peters wrote: > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributions (bas

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Andrea Veri
2011/5/25 Frederic Peters : > What are your thougths on this?[2] Do you think this is a foundation > job to answer those questions? If not, is this a responsibility of the > release team? Or something that is best left unanswered, as pieces are > put into positions by different persons? The idea

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Emmanuele Bassi
On 2011-05-25 at 08:24, Frederic Peters wrote: > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributions (based or not on the Linux ker

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Brian Cameron
Fred: GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards to distributions (based or not on the Linux kernel). I remember sitting in Jon McCann's ta

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Shaun McCance
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 08:24 +0200, Frederic Peters wrote: > Hello all, > > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributions (ba

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Lionel Dricot
Le mercredi 25 mai 2011 à 08:24 +0200, Frederic Peters a écrit : > Hello all, > > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributi

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 08:24 +0200, Frederic Peters wrote: > Hello all, > > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributions (ba

Re: [question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-25 Thread Rodrigo Moya
On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 08:24 +0200, Frederic Peters wrote: > Hello all, > > GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent > discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], > and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards > to distributions (ba

[question to candidates] GNOME OS

2011-05-24 Thread Frederic Peters
Hello all, GNOME OS has been mentioned and questioned repeatedly in recent discussions on desktop-devel-list, about its definition itself[1], and the changing (or not?) role of the GNOME project with regards to distributions (based or not on the Linux kernel). What are your thougths on this?[2] D