2009/1/2 Esther Schindler <est...@bitranch.com>: > So in short: tell me about the open source releases you're really looking > forward to in 2009.
Can boys play too? :-) Compiz development will probably get restructured (yet again). I really like Compiz. I think it's the way window management should always have been, and they keep talking of doing things like moving from C to C++ (yes, there is a big difference) and making the compiz-fusion and freedesktop.org communities more united. I am hoping to see these things happen in 2009, with proper leadership. GNU Octave has recently lost funding for its lead developer, so we're trying to see how to fix this. I am hoping to see a maturation of the Octave community comparable to what we see with R (conferences, corporate support, visibility within the numerical community). Octave is a big priority for me, but I think it should be a priority for everyone in general. It's a real shame that Matlab is the de-facto proprietary standard within the numeric community; as a scientific community, we need a free replacement. Octave has come a long way technically, but it needs to mature socially. Mathematical software is for me the highest priority for free software. The argument that the source should be available is especially relevant here, because that's how mathematics has always progressed (with a few temporary historical exceptions like Fermat, as well as the Italians when solving polynomial equations). I also care about SAGE, but I haven't been following their development too closely. 2009/1/2 Helen Faulkner <he...@debian.org>: > Well, I can't possibly be the only one here who is really looking forward to > the > Lenny release! :) Yes, lenny release is also something I'm really looking forward to. In the meantime, I'm giving my brother etch on his laptop, because I want to make sure he'll get the absolute best quality software on it. - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
