Summary of the fdo disussion at GCDS

[Cornelius Schumacher]

On Friday 10 July 2009 01:13:59 Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
>
> I know, it isn't easy to decide on this matter and we clearly can't
> satisfy everyone right from the start (maybe never). But I hope you
> understand that for me as an Xfce developer having to rely *entirely*
> on other people's good will is not acceptable.

I surely understand that. I just don't know a simple solution how to solve 
this in a satisfying way for everybody.

> I said I wasn't sure it's good enough. Maybe have a project list called
> "Freedesktop.org Members" or something, and have representatives (and
> please not the release teams again ;)) of these members decide on new
> membership requests?

This would go the route of establishing freedesktop.org as a formal 
organization. It might not be a bad thing, but it comes with a lot of work 
and has its own risks.

> See, here it comes again - when does a desktop environment end up being
> "small". When it has 30% of the user base on its side? Then we'd never
> have more than three projects involved. BTW, I don't see fd.o as a
> desktop-only platform. There also are a number of (conceptionally)
> desktop-independent but still desktop-focused projects out there.

Which projects do you have in mind with this?

And to get a clear picture: Which communities besides GNOME and KDE would be 
willing to take the rights and the responsibility to decide about acceptance 
of specs?

Xfce has already made it clear. Who else?

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher at kde.org>