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Stormy Peters: What should the GNOME Foundation accomplish in 2010?Stormy Peters: What should the GNOME Foundation accomplish in 2010?Posted Jan 27, 2010 9:26 UTC (Wed) by Felix.Braun (subscriber, #3032)Parent article: Stormy Peters: What should the GNOME Foundation accomplish in 2010?
I think, all of the posters in this thread so far, greatly overestimate the power of the GNOME Foundation. These folks generally don't do any coding. So blaming them for defects in particular programs is beside the point.
I'm not even sure it is within the scope of the Foundation to enforce any particular philosophy or vision whithin the project itself. In the end, it's the coders who write the code.
The way I understand it, the Foundation's job is more like the project's lobby group. Of course, they also administer the money gained from fundraising. So they have to spend it to support the Project by funding individual developers or critical infrastructure.
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Stormy Peters: What should the GNOME Foundation accomplish in 2010? Posted Jan 27, 2010 13:56 UTC (Wed) by sturmflut (guest, #38256) [Link]
"the Foundation will coordinate releases of GNOME and determine which projects are part of GNOME. The Foundation will act as an official voice for the GNOME project, providing a means of communication with the press and with commercial and noncommercial organizations interested in GNOME software. The foundation may produce educational materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. In addition, it may sponsor GNOME-related technical conferences, and represent GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create technical standards for the project and promote the use and development of GNOME software."
That sounds like an AWFUL lot of power to me, if properly used.
Stormy Peters: What should the GNOME Foundation accomplish in 2010? Posted Jan 27, 2010 14:58 UTC (Wed) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Sure but most of the comments here are focused on things beyond the scope
of the foundation
Stormy Peters: What should the GNOME Foundation accomplish in 2010? Posted Jan 27, 2010 15:30 UTC (Wed) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] These folks generally don't do any coding. So blaming them for defects in particular programs is beside the point. Well, it's not defects in particular programs. It's a mindset. In my opinion, a UNIX program that lacks a man page is simply unfinished. A UNIX program that routinely asks you to edit lots of text yet lacks integration with the editor of your choice is defective by design. Basically, the GNOME foundation should push for a more UNIX-like approach to software tools.
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