On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:17:08 +0800 Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote: > It might just be possible to do this mostly within Debian. As an > example the BrDesktop people from Brazil did this some years ago, > producing 3 source packages, one for artwork, one for configuration > and one for package selection (metapackages). Their work is no longer > available in Debian as the project was discontinued because the normal > Debian artwork, configuration and metapackages were considered > adequate. You said before that it will be quicker to create a derivate. Why? How long it takes to build a minimal version or a standard version (with a desktop)? Based on your knowledge/experience, how long (approximation) it takes to build those metapackages for artwork, configuration and package selection? > It should be possible to minimise this and do most things directly in > Debian since we provide quite a bit of infrastructure that blends can > use too. The project will have some infrastructure to support it. That's why we are looking for a balanced point. Maybe for a start would be better create a Blend first, then derivate, or vice versa. Or just a Blend or just a derivate forever. Although we have good connectivity in the country, we would like to have some degree of independence to work on the development process. > The things you would probably need to be separate from Debian might > just be the website, support services. That's fine. We would to contribute with a local Debian mirror. > Local Debian things are also important, for example local Debian > members, user groups, events, bug squashing parties, Spanish > translation, archive mirrors, CD vendors, pre-installed computers, > consultants, Of course, we have the commitment to create a strong community around the distro. > https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/CensusQA#invite I just sent and email to Javier about the Census. > Since the computers will be locally assembled, you can choose which > components and ensure that they have good support before you > distribute them. The assembly is a separate project. But we will try to review the hardware. > Do you know how many people will be involved in the development of > the project? It will be 5 to 10 developers. The project will have an office to house personnel. > Are any of the people involved already members of Debian or working > with Debian? Don't know yet. It will be and open competition to recruit developers, since these are public resources. I'm a Debian user since Sarge, but with some little interruptions in the middle. -- Franky Almonte Fundación Dominicana de Software Libre http://fdsl.org.do
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