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Re: desktop task: package list



Ter, 2006-11-28 às 10:44 -0200, Gustavo Franco escreveu:
> On 11/27/06, Luis Matos <a26652@alunos.mec.ua.pt> wrote:
> > Seg, 2006-11-27 às 19:05 -0200, Gustavo Franco escreveu:
> > > > Seg, 2006-11-27 às 16:05 -0200, Gustavo Franco escreveu:
> > > > (...)
> > > > > There's no 'desktop environment foo minimal' and 'desktop environment
> > > > > foo optimised' tasks. Just 'desktop' (using twm), 'gnome-desktop',
> > > > > 'kde-desktop' and 'xfce-desktop'.
> > > >
> > > > i just want that debian's gnome desktop is full of applications that can
> > > > serve the common users.
> > > > (...)
> > >
> > > That's what we've. The missing bits are being worked on and much more
> > > can be done for Etch+1 (Lenny). What's your point?
> >
> > My point is:
> > 1 - look at the other desktop environments (mainly windows) and check
> > what they have in clean installs
> > 2 - what do common users install on top of it
> > 3 - what extra support do we have to have to uncommon tasks.
> 
> What do you think we're doing here? Cooking? :P

lol .. no ... 
i'm proving my point, because i see that linux desktop sometimes lacks
some features that can easely be added.
> 
> > > > (..)
> > > > > >  . filesystem support
> > > > > i bet we support through the linux kernel more than windows and/or macos does.
> > > >
> > > > the filesystem support is trought gnomevfs. i think gvfs is great and
> > > > it's easy for users to detect, for example, a pen that has been mounted.
> > >
> > > btw, we've it in the gnome-desktop task, of course.
> >
> > i will check if it is complete. For example, correct me if i am wrong:
> > gnomevfs only supports ftp, ssh, dav, when they are on the system. So,
> > we must make shore they are. Also nfs, ntfs and other.
> 
> We've nfs client yes, ntfs for read only (by default, but AFAIK you
> can force rw if you know what you are doing) since the writing code
> isn't too stable yet.

agreed ... but, we *must* have them ... do you agree?

> 
> > (...)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >  - games
> > > > > > > >   . frozen buble
> > > > > > > >   . gnome-sudoku
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We've gnome games. ;)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > true, but these i think are good to add.
> > > > >
> > > > > Probably, remember us during lenny development cycle. You can start
> > > > > something in wiki.d.o. Do you know our wiki?
> > > >
> > > > yes, i'll try to make a page. but this is possible for etch. they both
> > > > exist.
> > >
> > > Not when tasksel is frozen and we consider it almost done to ship into
> > > Etch. ;) You know, just critical updates for d-i etch RC2 and final
> > > release.
> >
> > got it. skipped. lenny then. i woke up a bit late.
> 
> It doesn't mean that we were all sleeping.

no it doensn't ... i was ... 

> 
> regards,
> -- stratus
> 

best regards,

Luis Matos



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