InstallFedoraButton for LiveCD

[Bastien Nocera]

----- Original Message -----
> > On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 16:59 -0400, Kamil Paral wrote:
> > > Hello Desktop SIG,
> > > 
> > > I have created a gnome-shell extension for Fedora Desktop LiveCD
> > > which should make the Fedora Installer more discoverable. I have
> > > discussed it on devel list:
> > > 
> > > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-April/165234.html
> > > 
> > > and then proposed to include it into anaconda:
> > > 
> > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2012-April/msg00212.html
> > > 
> > > Since your interest is the desktop and its default look and feel,
> > > could you please voice your opinions on one of those lists
> > > (preferably probably devel)?
> > 
> > Please don't do that. We want to ship gnome-shell without
> > extensions,
> > I
> > thought I had made that clear. What do you hope to achieve by
> > putting
> > this extension in another package, making it impossible for us to
> > avoid
> > it ?
> 
> Matthias, please comment in devel (preferred) or anaconda-devel list,
> so we don't split the discussion among X lists. This was just a call
> for desktop SIG members.
> 
> I know your opinion and I know you disapprove. OTOH all the other
> people (maybe with a single other exception) see it as an
> improvement, and I tend to believe we make Fedora for the people.

We don't want to ship extensions to gnome-shell.

> That's why I send out this call, to have more desktop-related people
> comment on this, not just your single voice. I'd like to know what
> "we" in your sentence means. I don't want to offend you in any way,
> but my current impression is that you're taking stance of a desktop
> designer purist, who doesn't want to admit this is situation where
> an exception to your guidelines needs to be made. I know you're
> putting hard work into GNOME and I'm glad for it, but in this
> particular case I think you're just not seeing it through the
> end-user eyes.

Nobody said we didn't want to make changes to gnome-shell to fix this particular problem, but shipping extensions is not the right way to fix this.

> I don't try to avoid anything, the discussion is very public (that's
> why I ask everyone to follow on that devel thread), but F17 deadline
> is nearing and I don't want to miss it.