-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Wei Chen wrote: >> So it is that based on Debian, people create Ubuntu. Also based on >> Debian, there is Backports. > > No. Ubuntu is based on debian, but not debian, ie. compatibility between > packages from ubuntu and debian is less than 100%. Packages from > backports are *for* debian, so apart from human error and possible bugs > slipping in compatibility is 100%. > >> These are all projects that improve desktop users' experience (from what >> I believe, at least). Is there anything that Debian itself does for this? > > Debian evolves all the time, releasing when ready. How can one think > that this wouldn't improve the users' experience? I regularly use both > etch and sarge and see a quite large improvement. > >> There are examples of successful projects. For the workload/manpower >> issue, I guess what is needed is a flag. The project is there; people >> think it is interesting; and then they may try to contribute to it. For >> example, those above mentioned projects also get enough contributors to >> work with them. > > Correct me, if I am wrong, but IIRC there are more people working for > debian than for your above mentioned projects. > > Debian just has a different focus: support a much larger amount of > software packages and different architectures; having a 'stable' > release. If you don't like or need such many packages and don't want or > need a stable system, you don't need to run debian stable. > > Johannes > > Hi, what I mean is neither that Debian is not improving nor that Debian has less contributors. It is not that having a stable system that supports a lot of packages and architectures is not good, either.
What I mean is Debian may consider introducing a sub-project/branch based on the current main project, dedicating to improve *desktop* environment. And its development model can refer to those mentioned projects. For more information, please refer to: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/04/msg00629.html - -- Cheers, Wei Chen http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGE4wFCIqXQV6BF28RAkOaAJ9vH5SMcAWja8bmf7nQt2QB1tchygCg1drm E8ch30uyjPvMhEDqgnqvHCs= =oENX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
