Re: new module decisions [was Re: gnome-screensaver]

[Dan Winship <danw novell com>]

Murray Cumming wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 13:33 -0700, Elijah Newren wrote:
>>   - David's recent point in this thread about the desktop release set
>> not being so important also rings true to me.  It's a binary in-or-out
>> yet there are lots of really rocking "Gnome" programs that are well
>> integrated but aren't in the set.
> 
> It's foolish to imagine that being in the desktop release set is
> essential. But it's also foolish to ignore the big benefits to focusing
> our efforts (in a synchronized way) on particular implementations of the
> features that we want. It allows us to release software for distros to
> use.

Do we have any evidence that any distro actually cares what we consider
to be in and out of the desktop release? Is there some distro out there
loyally shipping epiphany as its default browser and waiting for us to
certify GIMP before they allow it into the default desktop install?

-- Dan