On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Marc Singer wrote: > > I think that keeping it on the CD is spurious because the CD > represents what we know works. Packages that don't work can be > downloaded from the FTP servers by the people who want to fuss with > them. Gnome is high profile because it has fancy screenshots. Users > who see the packages and install them with the idea that they work > will not be treated with the high standard of quality Debian shows > elsewhere. >
Whether or not a program sucks or is alpha has never been a criteria for inclusion or noninclusion in Debian, as far as I know. Debian evaluates only the quality and policy conformance of the *package*, not the *packaged program*. Right? Gnome should ship so people can try it out. That's why we Gnome developers make releases and Jim packages them up. Gnome is huge and annoying to download; it should definitely go on the CD's. It probably should not install by default, and maybe there should be an "alpha software" directory in Debian, but that's another issue and not resolvable by freeze time. Havoc
