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November 2011, 15:10:01 schrieb Florian Hubold: +</I>><i> I don't agree. I do think our main goal should be to provide a good linux +</I>><i> distro with as few proprietary packages as possible. +</I> +Guys, please reread our announcement +(<A HREF="http://mageia.org/en/about/2010-sept-announcement.html">http://mageia.org/en/about/2010-sept-announcement.html</A> ); quoting a +small part of it: "keep a high-level of integration between the base +system, the desktop (KDE/GNOME) and applications; especially improve +third-parties (be it free or proprietary software) integration;". + +That was a plan, and plans are made to change and adapt, but still. + +><i> But I don't like us providing more and more nonfree applications. +</I> +If we are not to provide (that is package, host and distribute - and +that is perfectly fair) these, couldn't we at least ease that for +others (that would like to package their own apps, or host a specific, +separate repository of nonfree apps that would still appeal to a +significant fraction of users)? That would mean some more doc and +tools for 3rd party packagers. And would solve in the same time one of +the question that was opened on Council and not yet ported to -dev +(aka, very large nonfree packages, such as games -data). + +Or do we let them in the cold? + +><i> It really is not that difficult to install things like flash, skype, teamviewer +</I>><i> and so on. +</I>><i> In my eyes it would be the far better solution to provide documentation on how +</I>><i> to install them then provide a lot of those "get-foo" packages. +</I> +Right. + +><i> Although "easy usability" is a good thing, people should remember they are +</I>><i> working on the most complex machine they do have in their homes. +</I> +They wouldn't use it if they had this in mind. No one would. :-) + +><i> While nobody expects to be able to use a modern video recorder without reading +</I>><i> the manual first, everybody expects to be able to use a far more complex +</I>><i> machine like a computer without reading anyting? +</I> +That's a fallacy. There's no excuse for making things more complicated +that they need to be. + +It's not absurd that most people _expect_ that installing an +application on their system is as simple (and as safe) as a drag'n +drop or as typing an URL in their browser. Their focus is beyond that. + +Romain +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009906.html">[Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . . +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009905.html">[Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . . +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9912">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9912">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9912">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9912">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |