Am Freitag, den 14.02.2014, 08:44 -0500 schrieb Josh Boyer:
I'm calling for a vote on the default DE used as a base for the
Workstation Product. The overall discussion seems to have played out,
so let's get things settled. As the subject says, I'm proposing we
use GNOME as the default base of the product.
+1
WG members have one week from today to vote or counter-propose.
Missing votes after one week will be counted as abstains.
Frankly speaking I think this is not subject to discussion. KDE needs to
remain a release blocking desktop. Improving our workstation product
should not happen at the cost of KDE or any other desktop.
PLEASE NOTE: I believe the WG would really like to see KDE be a
release blocking alternative DE under the premise that we can work
together with the KDE team and get consensus on the technical aspects
of what Workstation should provide. However, I did not want to put
two issues in the same vote before we've really had a chance to
discuss those technical aspects, so the proposal is only for the
default DE choice. We will vote on alternative DEs at a later time.
For me, it's not so much about this or that desktop but about
cross-desktop interoperability, e.g. through sane packaging standards
that allow installing several desktops side by side without having them
interfere. This was my original motivation to become a member of this WG
and I am looking forward to the discussion.
Best regards,
Christoph