As I just mentioned to Andreas, I came across this a few minutes ago:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-June/035445.html
Well, at least these people clearly know what they have to do.
So what do we (openSUSE) need to do so we also have a decision about which path we will follow?
Can we create a (short) list of proposals and a list of decision criteria?
David
So far there are two strategies on the books: the Red Hat / Fedora strategy and the Canonical / Ubuntu strategy. Instead of further discussion, proposals, decision criteria, etc., let's make a list of peoples' names. Who will make the decision? And I don't mean "SUSE corporate", "the openSUSE team", "the lawyers", etc. I mean actual names of actual people with email addresses and phone numbers that we can hold accountable for the decision.
Not really a "community" approach - you decide (without guidance) and we'll get upset with you (hold you accountable) if we don't like the decision. I like the decision criteria presented in the Ubuntu piece: - must be able to boot to a live CD / DVD without the need to go into BIOS settings - must be able to install without the need to go into BIOS settings - we must be able to continue community development of all parts of the distribution including kernel & boot loader - it must not require new keys (or whatever externally provided security doo-dahs) for new releases of the distribution / software package - it should allow a boot menu where people can have installed and be able to choose different installs of Linux (or O/Ss of their choice) - it must be compatible with the licences of the existing distribution packages i.e. no radical overhaul / restructuring - it should be familiar to and understandable by our community (developers and users) i.e. no extensive relearning needed Any other criteria? If we give criteria like these to a group of experts and they devise a solution which fits, then (implicitly or explicitly) we agree. David -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org