On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 04:42, Andres Salomon wrote: > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:45:51 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > As per the recommendations from Bruce Perens' User Linux paper > > http://userlinux.com/white_paper.html, this thread is to discuss the > > applications within the bounded set of Debian Enterprise/ User Linux. > > I think discussing the favorite applications, at this point, is a bit > premature. Debian Enterprise (DE) should be concentrating on the > framework that will make flavors possible. There is much that remains to be > done on the technical level (kernels, a distribution that is up-to-date > enough that companies will _want_ to use it, an installer, etc). Deciding > what applications to supply isn't of much use right now (especially given > the rate of development of some; mozilla-firebird may be a good choice > now, but what about when epiphany or another alternative becomes the > better browser?). > > Remember the original goals that DE is attempting to solve. > Current Debian-using companies must maintain their own package backports, > kernels, and so on. Deciding what browser we will default to, while > possibly helping in standardization, is a long ways off. In order for DE > to become useful, we must cater to companies (not the other way around). > Thus, we should build out the infrastructure enough so that DE, by itself, > is installable and useable. At that point, we can start worrying about > what flavors will contain what software.
Good points. I wholly agree. regards zen -- Debian Enterprise: A Custom Debian Distribution: http://debian-enterprise.org/ * Homepage: http://soulsound.net/ * PGP Key: http://soulsound.net/zen.asc * Please respect the confidentiality of this email as sensibly warranted.
