Re: "Linux Standard Base Takes on the Desktop"

[Alan McGinlay <root variant me uk>]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:34:46 +0300
Kalle Vahlman <kalle vahlman gmail com> wrote:

> 2005/10/18, Alan McGinlay <root variant me uk>:
> > Has anyone from gnome been contacted about this? It would seem
> > to me that if they don't work with us then what they are trying to
> > do is utterly pointless.
> 
> I think there has been multiple mails on different mailing lists
> discussing this, but even without those (from the news article):
> 
> "The group will not be starting from a blank slate. The plan is for
> the desktop specification to be built on top of existing common
> practices and specifications, including the ones available from
> freedesktop.org."
> 
> so it isn't  really a separated effort from what the community is
> doing, but rather an extension to it. Or that's my view on it anyway.
> 
> --
> Kalle Vahlman, zuh iki fi
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I hope they work very closely with us to avoid duplication of effort.
For example, joining this mailing list would be a good idea for all
interested parties.