RE: GNOME Releng web site

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo linuxave net>]

> >From seeing the page and the discussion I gather that the GNOME 1.4
> release will be somewhat
> barebones meaning just the 'core' of what is GNOME will be included.
> 
> Personally I would like to see a more fleshed out release including
> GNOME Office etc., but
> this doesn't seem to be very likely to happen.
> 
> So my suggestion is that when we release GNOME 1.4 we also release a
> list of software we
> recommend to get a 'full' GNOME experience. This list would hopefully be
> used as the basis
> for what distributions will include when they bundle GNOME. My fear is
> that if we just release a barebones GNOME 1.4 release, some distro's
> might put just that in, making GNOME seem rather application poor. 
> 
> On this list we can put stuff like the GNOME Office apps, chat clients
> more games etc.
> 
> If this suggestion is approved I would be more than happy to take on the
> work of assembling the first draft, and maintaining it.
> 
you're right! releasing JUST the gnome core will make a poor impression
on
some people, compared to KDE, for example, which includes lots of
applications.