On 8/27/07, Andrew McNabb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 12:26:31PM -0600, Alberto Treviño wrote: > > > > I guess the big question is what are the goals for this project? Is it > > team unity? Share/gain experience? Do something cool? Do something > > useful? Do something that's easy to use? Do something that can be > > used on most old hardware? I would highly recommend this be the first > > item of business on Tuesday and that it be answered. My guess is that > > the answer will probably be a list of priorities. Once those > > priorities are in place, any issue (like > > distro/filter/proxy/settings/hwardware/etc.) will simply fall into > > place. > > You may disagree with me, but I think that what you recommend should be > the second item of business. Let me explain. > > I've seen projects where there were two or three planning meetings > upfront where all of the goals were determined. Unfortunately, by the > time any work got done, people were bored. > > Maybe I'm crazy, but I think we should get some work done first: spend a > couple of hours and get a proof of concept working. Make something, > however small, work. Only then would we have a meeting where we discuss > goals and make a list of tasks, and since there's already something > there, it's easier to avoid getting bored by the meeting. > > If we make a drastic change in approach after a week, that's fine, but > at least there's enough momentum to make the change.
I think this is a very wise approach for a project with a bunch of busy student volunteers. As far as seeing if Fedora (or whatever you choose) is slim enough, the only way to tell will be by running it on a real, representative system. Put your live CD in a DI special system and see how it works. Bryan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
