We could also start planning on what we would do if the Linux kernel decides to stop being Open Source, but it would probably not be the best use of our time.
Christian
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From: "Leslie S Satenstein" lsatenstein@yahoo.com To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Allan Day" allanpday@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 8:41:30 PM Subject: Re: Request to include gnome-maps by default in F22
What would happen if Gnome decides to stop being Open Source? I believe we have too much reliance on one GUI developer, tunnel vision and "not invented here" syndrome.
Regards
Leslie Mr. Leslie Satenstein Montréal Québec, Canada
From: Allan Day allanpday@gmail.com To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 6:08 AM Subject: Re: Request to include gnome-maps by default in F22
Alberto Ruiz < aruiz@redhat.com > wrote: ...
So, key arguments: it's useful, in a good state, actively developed, and is increasingly integrated with the rest of the core utilities.
One could argue that other apps that are not part of the default install might fit in that description.
Maps is a core GNOME application. As such, it corresponds to the following definition [1]:
- Designed by the GNOME designers as a coherent suite
- Part of the core GNOME experience
- Designed to work cooperatively with each other
- Tightly integrated with the core OS
- Generically named
That's what makes it different from other applications.
The whole point of having core apps is that you have a good set of defaults, covering basic functions. One of the key things about these apps is that they are integrated with other (as Maps is with Contacts, but also Weather and Clocks), as well as the operating system (principally through online accounts at this stage). This kind of integration is only possible by having these apps be bundled as a part of the default experience.
I'm still having a hard time to find a reason why a maps app specifically is important in the live image and the default install in particular.
Maps are useful. They are a good thing to have integrated with the other core apps.
Allan
[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps
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