FOSS and Interface Taxonomy levels

[Danek Duvall]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 11:37:11AM -0800, John Plocher wrote:

> I'm not saying "don't ARC...", but instead "if it isn't a required
> part of the core, don't put it in the core, especially if it is chaotic".

Sure.  But we don't have a core/non-core distinction.  There's the freeware
gate, but I don't think it qualifies as "easy to install from".  And there
are the completely external repositories such as Blastwave, but not only
are they not "easy" (well, possibly easier than the freeware gate), but
they build a near-complete silo, which is also something we don't want to
promote.  So at the moment, we simply can't do what you suggest.

> It used to be that SFW was the place to put non-core things,

That's not true.  SFW was -- and still is -- the place to put software with
per-component build systems which we don't want to go to the effort to rip
out and replace with one of our own making.  JDS is this way, too, though
the focus there is obviously on desktop software, and stuff it depends on.

It has nothing to do with "core" vs "non-core".

Danek