[ adding -sprints in the loop ] On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:01:38AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > given the poor state of our desktop package management tools in squeeze, > and the number of unknown variables when it comes to wheezy, I’d like to > propose to gather around in a dedicated Debian sprint on this topic. We > should be able to get funding from the project for such a task. > > Schedule could include: > * Upstream and Debian state of synaptic, update-*, aptdaemon, > software-center, PackageKit and related packages > * What features we want to expose on our desktop environments (use > cases, interaction scenarios) > * Which tools to focus on to provide these features for wheezy > * Trying to envision what features we want in wheezy+1 and how to > make this happen > * Initial common hacking session to get wheezy on the right tracks > > How many of you would be interested in such a meeting?
I answer mainly with DPL hat on: I'll be happy to sponsor such a sprint. See http://wiki.debian.org/Sprints for info, including friendly venues we're in touch with (but feel free to propose new ones that better suit your needs!). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} . o . Maître de conférences ...... http://upsilon.cc/zack ...... . . o Debian Project Leader ....... @zack on identi.ca ....... o o o « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club »
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