Re: Remove GnomeMeeting from Gnome module list?

[Christopher Warner <zanee kernelcode com>]

Why is it that if this isn't a flame you insert "I don't see at all how
GnomeMeeting benefits from being included in Gnome"?

The schedule commentary is an issue in and of itself which Damien would
be better at answering than myself. How about maybe asking him rather
than shooting off a removal of module request?

Did you even make an effort to contact him or anyone involved with
GnomeMeeting?

I'm sure you didn't mean it to be offensive but tactfulness and simple
courtesy goes a long way. This has none of that.


On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 18:28 +0100, Danilo Šegan wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'd like to have GnomeMeeting removed from official module list,
> unless it starts being maintained just like other modules.
> 
> GnomeMeeting is officially part of Gnome desktop.  Unfortunately, it
> doesn't follow Gnome schedule: releases came in the midst of release
> cycles in 2.6 and 2.8, and the same might happen with 2.10.  I simply
> don't know, and I doubt anybody else does.  It didn't have any
> unstable tarball releases for 2.9 (though stable 1.2.0 came out in the
> meantime).
> 
> It's nicely integrated into Gnome, which makes it an excellent program
> to use on your Gnome desktop.  Still, I think it doesn't belong in
> official module list, since they're playing by their own rules.
> 
> The problem is that they require special care from translation and
> documentation teams, due to misaligned stable release dates. There're
> many more software packages in Gnome CVS which have this same level of
> Gnome support, and some are even better.  Translators like to have
> software translated for translations themselves, not for the sake of
> stats (i.e. I might get 1.2.5 finally translated when it comes out
> along with Gnome 2.10, but that still leaves users with 1.2.0-1.2.4
> untranslated).  So, making them allocate special time for whenever
> GnomeMeeting releases might come isn't helping the cause.  Regular
> release cycles are there so we can organise our time better.
> 
> I'm not trying to play down on Damien or anybody, because I think
> GnomeMeeting is a great piece of software.  I hope that no one will be
> offended by my request to remove it from official list of Gnome
> modules.
> 
> I'm certain removing GnomeMeeting won't harm it's wide acceptance
> either, since I don't see at all how GnomeMeeting benefits from being 
> included in Gnome.
> 
> Comments and opinions welcome, but please don't turn this into "how 
> good GnomeMeeting is" instead of "will GnomeMeeting commit to
> following Gnome schedule in the future".
> 
> Cheers,
> Danilo
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