Re: Issuing a press release about GNOME 3



Luis,

Luis Villa wrote:
So, yeah. When we've figured out how to make people tell it's a damn
upgrade, get back to me, until then, calling it 3.0 is a bad idea.

Sorry again for the stop energy, but when I see things plunging off a
cliff, and a huge opportunity wasted, I think it has to be said...


You know what, I totally agree with you, although I wasn't at GUADEC so didn't hear the plan myself.

But, here's the thing. I'm not sure 3.0 will come about if people just wait around for the 'big idea' to kick it off. Stuff like RedHat's online desktop and things are great, but I would compare that to the idea of time-based releases. Previously, people would release software "when it was ready", and the problem ended up being that ready never came (or, indeed, it came and went without people realising).

Waiting for a new story for GNOME 3 isn't really going to work (and, imho, hasn't worked): people will argue over whether or not the story is new enough, or that it's different enough. Invariably, it won't be.

So, I think you're right: a compelling, innovative and articulate vision for an improved desktop is needed. But I kind of have faith that it will come, to be honest. I think the biggest (and bravest) decision is saying that GNOME 3 will happen; deciding what it's going to be about will take time.

Cheers,

Alex.




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