On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 12:18:21AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Marc Singer wrote: > > I installed it yesterday to get a glimpse at what they are doing. I'd > > say it should be left out because it doesn't really work. It is a > > fine demonstration, but it doesn't add value to Debian until it can be > > used either a) to hack against, or b) to provide a workable desktop > > environment. > > There are two big values. a) Marketing: Debian ships with Gnome, the > new desktop environment. b) Publicity: Look that's *the* desktop > environment
Well, what happens when lots of people try it, see that it is broken, and associate Gnome with being broken and unstable? That said, I don't think that will happen if it is loudly declared to be *ALPHA SOFTWARE*, and I think everyone will benefit from more copies being distributed, and vote in favor of shipping. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org
