Re: Some notes on GNOME Shell

[William Jon McCann <william jon mccann gmail com>]

2010/6/3 Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>:
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> 2010/6/3 Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>
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>> On 06/03/2010 02:54 AM, Seif Lotfy wrote:
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>>> And don't get me wrong -- I happen to disagree with some stuff they're
>>> doing from time to time. But it doesn't mean I should stop trusting
>>> them.
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>> But would't you like to have the points you disagree with be discussed or
>> reevaluated?
>> I think this is the issue the community is facing. There is a difference
>> between "We are going to do it like that because we think its right, and
>> that is how it is gonna be" and "We are doing it like that because we think
>> it is right, but we are open for discussion"
>> Right now the Shell developers are somewhere between both stand points. I
>> know some developers who were able to cooperate with them. But I think
>> more transparency around discussions and evaluations are missing.
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>> Just a quick note regarding the design procedures here.
>> From my experience, Jon and Jeremy hang out both hang out in #gnome-design
>> all day and are publically discussing all design issues there (even down to
>> the smallest details).
>> Me, Hylke, Garrett, Jakub and others have all been giving feedback,
>> drawing mockups and evaluating designs, even though, as always, Jon and
>> Jeremy have been doing most of the job (as us others have other day jobs and
>> priorities).
>> - Andreas
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> This would be a good FAQ.  We really do need a gnome-shell FAQ I think.  I
> might help out on the whole community thing on shell if people are willing,
> it depends on whether this six month project I'm on comes to a close.  My
> contributions have tapered off due to a high work and personal load.

http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/FAQ

Jon