Reorganisation
Hi!
well, thanks for the praise, Ill keep on working on it when I have time.
Today I tried to split Deb-Lex into concise chunks of work (based on the
messages in the list, the page and my own thoughts).
I would expect that with some reorganisation and delegation of tasks
Debian-Lex should become manageable, I'll mail the structure later today.
Delegation would take at least some workload off your (Jeremy) back while
at the same time hopefully accelarating deblex development.
One question I have stumbled across, and which I couldnt answer after
looking throught the other subprojects, is to what extend it is allowed to
adapt debian?
I have found two possibilities, both are mentioned on the webpage:
* change some fundamental parts
* this is hinted at with the "LiveCD" point
* for example change from d-i to the Debian Anaconda port
* adaption of the existing Debian installation
* seems more common with other subprojects
* task based, not changing fundamental debian parts
IMHO debian-lex should aim to smoothe out some of the rough edges that
Debian has for new users (of course not at the cost of becoming another
Lindows): This would include a number of default choices, some shielding of
the inner workings of debian (eg synaptic rather than dselect), custom
menues, adapted Desktop environment etc.
I'd very much like to be enlightened as to what the general consensus is on
the above mentioned possibilities. Personally, I think that in the short
run the latter is the only viable option, in the long run however one could
publish jigdo images, simply combining of Debian and Debian-Lex.
Thanks
jj
At 18:04 25/03/2004 +0800, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
Looks great, any comments from anyone on whether this is preferable to the
other proposal
(http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-lex/debian-lex.png)? If so I will
design the Web page around it for starters.
Apologies again that this project seems to have become somewhat moribund,
I have just gotten engaged and I have literally had no discretionary time
over the last six months. I am vaguely looking for a new subproject
leader but if I can't find one I will cast off some other commitments (I
have written and am producing a play, but that will be over in a month
which will free up some time) and retake the reins.
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