On November 7, 2014 1:47:25 AM EET, Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Ryan Lerch wrote:
> The line was drawn in Software to define an "Application" as
something
> that has a desktop file -- aka a GUI application. Although you could
argue
> that mutt, vim, git etc are applications also but users are going to
use
> them on a command line, so i think the assumption that was made was
that
> those users would be comfortable using the command line to install
them.
> <
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop>
>
I have noted this before but this isn't a good assumption. I am very
comfortable using yum,dnf etc but I would prefer to use GNOME Software
since I get the benefit of ratings and while I am using GNOME Software
to
install a bunch of apps, picking up git and mutt (or even graphical
apps
that don't ship with appdata etc) along the way is easier than mentally
switching contexts depending on whether the app fits GNOME Software
requirements to be listed.
And considering Workstation's target audience it makes sense for Software to provide
non-GUI applications too. Developers may know how to use git, but they shouldn't have
to learn how to use dnf. This would be a serious UX problem for most people if we stick to
this decision.