On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Tomas Cerha wrote: > Hello, I am one of the people involved in Free(b)soft (and Free(b)deb) > project. Thank you for your comments. I would like to clarify some > details. The goal of Free(b)deb project is not a separate distribution. To make it clear: I'm not in fear of a separate distribution. Everybody is free to do so. But in my opinion you could reach your goal more straightforeward if you do not.
> The final goal is inclusion of accessibility enhancements and modifications > into Debian (we are focused on accessibility for blind and visually > impaired). Free(b)deb project is here to enable the concentrated > development of those modifications (modified packages, some additioal > packages and some meta packages). When these modifications are ready to > take place in upstream Debian, the goal of Free(b)deb is finished. I see no reason to go separate ways and join later. Why not do it inside Debian? > Maybe the fact, that we want to make a Free(b)deb bootable CD-ROM is > confusing. This CD-ROM is what we need right now to be able to bring Debian > installations to our blind users. You obviousely know much more than me about this field and perhaps my remark is stupid. But I think enhancing debian-installer in the current state is the best idea to reach the goal. > People in Brailcom (the non-profit > organisation, which initiated this project) have 5 years of experience in > providing Linux based services to blind users in Czech republic. We think, > that incorporating all the changes into Debian itself is a long-term job Nobody will doubt that. > but we need to make many installations right now and with current Debian it > requires a lot of effort For sure. That's why I would start sooner not later. May be you could have influence onto current debian-installer design *now*. Later debian-installer might become stable and nobody likes to change it heavily. > This is why we want a special CD-ROM and this is also why we managed to > get the sponsorship for it... ... but I might be wrong. It's your decision. > Yes, it is surely a good idea. We are ready to cooperate, however > "accessibility" is quite a general goal (we are focussed on accessibility > for blind and visually impaired people). Just find a better name. It was just a suggestion... > Hopefully people concerned with > other aspects of accessibility will join the project, when we start it. > > We are ready to use all the advantages of "great Debian resources" and we > appreciate any suggestions how to do it any better. No further suggestion than to read the "Debian Sub-Projekt HOWTO". You can find a link at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/talks/200210_lux_internal/#page35 Just join the effort of internal projects to get all forces with the same goal joined. Good luck for you project Andreas.
