[ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 17:39 +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
> +++ Vivek [2008-01-21 05:54:38]:
> 
> > Have u tried XUBUNTU ? It's touted to be lightweight alternative to
> > ubuntu but my personal experience has been very different. Most of the
> > time it relies on Gnome packages. Other than a different window
> > manager , and thunar there's not much different between them. It's based
> > on GTK2 and relies on many gnome packages. It definitely uses "less"
> > resources but isn't that light.
> 
> XFCE doesn't *depend* on any Gnome Packages, now if you need a particular
> gnome package.. obviously those will depend on Gnome packages.
xubuntu is more than just XFCE. Ever used xubuntu wihtout gnome-vfs ?
firewall in XFCE (there's firestarter but again it has *gnome* deps)??
> 
> Creating a distro isn't a trivial task.. involves a LOT of overhead in
> packaging/testing/QA etc... just look at the different levels of "polish" in
> the various *buntu distributions itself.

That simply means you're not interested. Linux mint began as an ubuntu
fork.

> 
> > Fluxbox: There's already a fluxubuntu distribution.
> > 
> > I'm not talking just abt different window manager but a better and
> > friendlier linux distro based on ubuntu.
> 
> Why don't you list what you think is broken with Ubuntu and work with the
> "official" developers to get things fixed? 
Did I mention anything broken ? 

> 
> Why does it have to be India specific? Why shouldn't the rest of the world
> benefit from your ideas? 

Why can't be India specific ? Even if it is (will be) designed to be
India specific, it's still open source - anyone can have it.


> 
> Don't let imaginary lines in the sand limit your ideas.
What was that for ???

> 
> The reason the localisation effort seems to be highlighted is because someone
> from China or Brazil isn't qualified to be doing "Indian" language
> translations.
another reason "could" be that nobody's doing any development work.
> 
> There are Indians contributing to Ubuntu under various roles.. 
I don't doubt that 

> but they
> don't need to do it under Ubuntu-IN, 
why ? are they prevented from doing so ? most likely they share they
vision/ideas and hence want to join the effort.

> because it's more efficient to directly
> work with the main developers than to work independently of them.
That's untrue. A team has to share the goals in order to work
efficiently. If you don't agree with the mainstream developers then it's
better to branch.
 
> 
> Kingsly
> 
Are u always so cynical ? :D


Cheers,
Vivek

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