Ean Schuessler wrote: > Hi. > > As everyone is aware, there has been plenty of debate about how Debian is > losing popularity. At the same time, the overall number of .deb packages > installed in the world is just going up and up and up. The "problem" is that > these .debs are often installed by a Debian derivative distribution. Some > people think this is good, some people think this is bad. The one thing we > can say for sure is that it is causing lots more .debs to be installed. > > We want to grow our base of users and developers. We also want to insure that > when people install .debs that they are truly getting a Debian experience. > Perhaps one way that we can have our cake and eat it to is by helping to > promote Debian derivatives that don't break the overall experience and work > with us in a happy and productive way. > > This is how the Eclipse project works with their derivatives. Maybe we can > borrow some ideas from them? > > http://www.eclipse.org/membership/special_programs/member-downloads-program.php
Err? What exactly are you proposing? Regards, Joey -- It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]