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On Thursday 09 October 2003 01:08, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> I suggest to think about the problems first, see how the other distro |
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> solved them and then find a solution that takes in account what the |
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> other did but also what they fail to accomplish. |
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> so Research fields should be, IMHO, problems&solution from the others, |
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I do not think that we should focus on what other distro's do. We should focus |
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on identifying problems that are there. After such a problem is identified we |
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should try to determine whether we think this problem needs to be solved by |
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gentoo (keeping the gentoo and desktop-research goals in mind). After that we |
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need to look at the solution to the problem. At this stage comes looking at |
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solutions by other distros. |
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This solving process has a number of stages. The first one being the |
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identification of possible solutions, and their costs (how much work are |
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they, and how "beautiful" are they etc.). Then we choose one solution to |
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implement and test. This involves trying to get approval by the people from |
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the projects that will be involved when it is actually put into gentoo. After |
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the test is successful, we are going to put it into the main tree, and put it |
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into action. Putting it into action involves making sure that our solution |
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will be maintained, if necessary by creating a team to do that maintenance. |
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However before we can think of finding problems, we first need to have a |
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policy on the following points: |
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- - Which problems do we handle? We only handle desktop problems, but when does |
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a problem qualify as being desktop. |
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- - How do we handle problems? Basically, do we follow the process described |
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above, or some other process. |
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- - What are the conditions for a solution to be acceptable. |
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- - Will we have a seperate cvs testing tree (overlay)? |
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- - How are we going to make sure that the solutions get out of the testing |
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tree, and in to the main distribution? Will we use GLEP's? |
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Paul |
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ps. I know it is nicer to think of solutions than of problems, and nicer to |
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think of problems than of procedures, but first things should go first. And |
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procedure comes first. |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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