Re: GNOME Development Series Snapshot 2.3.0: "Mighty Atom"

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Jeff Waugh">

> But all of this is what the proposal process is meant to address -> it's
> up to you guys to convince us to include your software.

Ahr, this came out wrongly. That's not how it should always work, and
certainly not for every proposed module. Some things are proposed almost by
default - fontilus and nautilus-cd-burner are good examples of these.
They're already regarded as stable, have obvious maintainers, simple goals,
are appropriately aligned with the goals of the desktop release, fill nice
feature gaps that users will like, etc.

But in this case, with the browser, it's a harder problem. Now we have two
projects to choose from, both of which have their merits, some historical
baggage, and no one wants to offend the maintainers or get anyone off-side.

I'm sure there is a stong consensus that we want an integrated browser as
part of the desktop release (soon, so people can rally behind it). So, now
we're stuck with a difficult choice, and a timeframe.

That's why it is kinda up to you guys to convince us. :-)

- Jeff

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