[SoaS] [DP] updating the draft decision panel report

[Samuel Klein]

We are close to consensus consensus on the first two points.   Help with
wording a final report would be appreciated.  I wish I could extrapolate
Bill B's position from some of his earlier comments, but I cannot :)

We don't have consensus on the specific wording of the 3rd question, but do
on the underlying principle of 'not being confusing' -- there are two
suggestions that a more specific name than "Sugar on a Stick" be used, as
that name is a normal English phrase and could naturally refer to a whole
class of distributions.

Since there's already a mailing list and some history behind "Sugar on a
Stick", are there any others on this list that would like to see a more
specific name?  Does anyone expect this list to refer to all distributions
of Sugar on removable devices, or is there broad agreement that this is for
a specific team, concept, and product?

Finally, are there any other questions that have been raised that people
feel we should address?

SJ

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz <
bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Samuel Klein wrote:
> > Ben, Bill, DSD and Faisal -- can you please weigh in and share your
> > thoughts?
>
> Happy to.
>
> "Should Sugar Labs be a GNU/Linux distributor, rather than just an
> upstream producing Sugar releases?"
>
> Yes.  Sugar Labs should do whatever is needed to make Sugar easily
> available to our audience.  When this goal is best achieved by
> distributing complete operating systems including Sugar, we should have no
> qualms about doing so.  However, Sugar Labs should also continue to
> emphasize the availability of Sugar through the mechanisms of existing
> distro package managers, in order to reach users who already run GNU.
>
> "Should SL be neutral about distributions containing Sugar, and refuse to
> endorse one over another?"
>
> Yes.  Sugar Labs does not now have a mechanism for making blanket
> endorsements, and it should not instate one.  Conversely, Sugar Labs
> should help users to choose their best option for deploying Sugar,
> depending on their individual needs, and this will typically mean
> recommending a particular distribution best suited for each user.
>
> "Should 'Sugar on a Stick' be a phrase that SL asks its community to avoid
> using unless they refer to the SoaS-Fedora distribution?"
>
> No.  We should give this distribution a unique, identifiable name that
> cannot be confused with a generic description of an entire class of
> distributions.
>
>
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