From: "Matthew Miller" <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
To: "Jiri Eischmann" <eischmann(a)redhat.com>, "Development
discussions related to Fedora"
<devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:13:20 PM
Subject: Re: 3D printing in Fedora
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 05:02:17PM -0400, Jiri Eischmann wrote:
> I think the time to discuss if a spin is needed or not hasn't come
> yet.
> Now, the primary goal should be to get all the tool in Fedora. When
> that's
> done, they should probably go for a package group to give users an
> easy
> way to install those tools. And then if the initiative gets a
> traction and
> attracts a lot of people I don't see a reason why they can't have a
> spin.
I think it's not really a matter of "can't have". It's a matter of
"maybe
not the best use of energy". Take a look at the numbers for the top
spins
this release, over on the right column of this page:
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
I don't think this is because KDE or XFCE aren't popular among Fedora
users.
People just don't get the via spins. And that's even more true for
non-desktop spins.
Are those numbers correct? They seem ridiculously small even for something people
don't use. Isn't it a daily count? Anyway, the desktop spins make sense at least
for our multidesktop live DVDs which are very appreciated by users in my experience.
Jiri