RE: [GnomeMeeting-list] 2.4 Proposed Modules - GnomeMeeting

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Damien Sandras [mailto:dsandras seconix com] 
> It is up to you to determine if you want GNOME to have features that
> other desktop environments do not have, or if you prefer to wait that
> they ship with such an application too before deciding to 
> include one in
> GNOME.

I think that's a decision for distros. I don't see how adding GnomeMeeting
to our official Desktop release set would change anything. It's hard to draw
a fine line, but I think _something_ must not belong in the main Desktop
release.

What do we do when a new GNOME-based VOIP application comes along? How do we
justify blessing one applicatoin over another.

> I really believe in VOIP and I think that VOIP will spread 
> more and more
> in the future.

That would be the most persuasive argument for including it. I don't much
like the idea of bundling a browser either, but the Web is now such an
every-minute thing that it has become part of the regular desktop
experience, so it's hard to argue against that.

However, I don't personally have any idea whether VOIP will become an
everyday part of Desktop usage. Until it does, I would prefer not to bless
or support a particular VOIP application. Nothing stops people from
installing it if they want it.

Also, you could also say "I really believe in spreadsheets and I think that
spreadsheets will spread more and more in the future.". But that wouldn't
justify bundling gnumeric with the GNOME Desktop.

This is just my personal opinion.

Murray Cumming
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