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

[Sean DALY]

I need to express my position on the two questions I haven't yet.

I will do so tomorrow, it's late I'm a bit tired to express myself
clearly tonight.

thanks

Sean


On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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