Re: www.d.o/misc/children-distros

[Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@computer.org>]

On 29 January 2011 06:09, Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to make the descriptions on children-distros consistent,
> suggested format:

Agreed. Maybe it's better to keep the description and information in a
separate file (like it is done in the documentation information) and
generate the content.

> I would suggest that for all distros that are dead, inactive or no
> longer directly based on Debian we should:
(...)

I would prefer if, for historical reasons, the information of this
"dead" distributions was kept in a separate page or, to simplify
things, at the end of the children-distros page. This information is
still valuable for informational and historical purposes.

If we keep it in a separate page maybe it would be useful for both
ourselves and translators to have all the information in a separate
file and have a variable ('inactive') that makes the distribution get
removed from the main children-distros and move to the other page (or
section) automatically.

> Maybe add a link to the distrowatch page in the section about inactive
> distros. Not sure how to decide if the link gets added or not.

I think the link to distrowatch is really useful for all of the
different children distributions as it is useful for users to
determine what software is available in them.

Regards

Javier