Hello Andre,
> We already mirror on GitHub (but I have not checked how clearly we say> that it is just a mirror and if we point to
Github mirror is good enough to watch the changes on a project, but since you can't report
and follow bugs, isn't very helpful
>
https://wiki.gnome.org/Git/Developers ). If you refer to entirely moving> to GitHub: I dislike the idea of relying on closed source software.
"Dislike" isn't quite a reason ;)
Plus you don't relying on Github, you're just using it. You can move away at any time, if a reason comes
up. Which is unlikely judging from Github history.
> Could you elaborate? What kind of "communication"?
Clearly GNOME gets most of the feedback from BGO. Even if you call an "annoyance" on Google+,
a common response will be, please file a bug. Bugzilla isn't designed to play that role. It's only for developers.
Further more, what I'm telling is that projects on Github, with smaller user base than GNOME, get more
feedback from more users.
> Most distros release every 6-9 months. When it comes to distribution of
> our product, GNOME is not directly shipped to end-users. The described
> problem would mostly remain except for those users on rolling releases.
Most? Pretty sure you're talking mostly about Fedora here. Ubuntu is out of the question,
openSUSE is trying to move to RR, Debian isn't 6 months plus they have Sid which is popular
enough. The rest of distros that aren't derivatives of the above, are kinda insignificant, plus
their up to them to adjust their software update policies.
But AFAIK, Fedora for example updates Firefox. They can do the same with
Gnome Music for example. The idea here, is that you can't have a cool new feature or a major bug fix
lying on Git, that you can't ship it coz of release policies.
> Have more acceptance
I mean that you need to identify the reasons why people prefer to contribute on new projects, or in projects
like elementary. For example, comparing the sizes of elementary and GNOME, elementary attracts more
contributors for their apps than GNOME. And I'm talking about no-paid contributors.
As I said before, if someone won't treat a project as "her own property", she won't care enough to improve it.
And that is happening in things under GGO.
