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

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mer 07/05/2003 à 13:15, Murray Cumming Comneon com a écrit :
> 
> 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.
> 

That is a vision of things, but you cannot reject GnomeMeeting for that
reason without having defined what is the desktop and what is not the
desktop release. If something like gnumeric can't be included in the
desktop release, then the desktop release shouldn't include any e-mail
client or web browser either.

I personally think that the Desktop Release should contain every day
applications (mailer, browser, office suite, collaborative tools, IM,
...) and offer a coherent bundle of the desktop applications. But I'm
not the one who decides that :)

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

Simply choose the best one, ie the one that respects standards (like GM
respects H.323 and thus is compatible with all other H.323 apps) and is
gnome compliant, that's the evolution of Free Software.

[..]

> 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.

That's what I call "reacting when it is too late". Either you build the
future, or you react to it. I think it is better to be innovative.

GnomeMeeting is largely used in companies, corporations, and so on. It
is a good part of the user base.

I took the decision to create a GNOME application instead of a pure GTK
application. Some people argue that it is limiting the diffusion of
GnomeMeeting, because of the numerous dependancies. But GnomeMeeting was
part of my vision of the desktop of the future, that is why I've done my
best to integrate it well in GNOME, and now I realize I'm perhaps the
only one to have that vision of a coherent, unified and powerful (in
terms of tasks) desktop.

> 
> 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.
> 

I think it should be included, but that's my opinion.

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Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>