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[Manish Sinha <manishsinha@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While neither us nor Ubuntu seem to want to align with the full GNOME stack any longer, we are a little bit closer as far as Gtk/Vala/Mutter/Clutter/etc.

Actually elementary is not patching existing gnome components leading
to unexpected behavior.
Addition and removal components from GNOME stack should be fine as
long as the leftover
gnome components don't start acting up.


> There does seem to be some concerns about stuff like SystemD, Wayland, etc and what our
> full future stack may be. So I think we should definitely keep our minds open.

If I had to put in my two cents, I would suggest to stick to upstream
GNOME as much as
possible esp when it comes to lower level components like wayland and
systemd. Those are
components which need lots of time, expertise and patience to work on.

It would be in best interest of elementary to use the GNOME base and
add it's own apps,
system integration components on top of it. Like contractor, granite,
panetheon etc.

As far as I know, the aim of elementary was to provide an excellent
user experience, which
I see still exists. Elementary should focus on tightly integrated
desktop just like gnome is doing.

> That said, I'm not sure the best approach is to just throw out tons of packages and see what
> sticks. It might be better to discuss exactly what our ideal stack consists of and
> then re-evaluate who offers what is closest to that.

...but it is a good idea to make elementary packages available on as
many platforms as possible.
It gives more publicity and more chances of finding newer developers.

-
Manish