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Subject:    Re: F42 Change Proposal: Fedora Plasma Workstation (System-Wide)
From:       Zbigniew =?utf-8?Q?J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek () in ! waw ! pl>
Date:       2024-04-05 7:02:47
Message-ID: Zg+iF3QARsOndGGH () kawka3 ! in ! waw ! pl
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 04:26:52PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-04-04 at 18:35 -0400, Neal Gompa wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
> > <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 11:21:36AM -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> > > > So here are three brainstorming proposals:
> > > > 
> > > > (a) Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop becomes a Fedora edition. We'd need to be
> > > > careful about how we do it. I would still promote Fedora Workstation as the
> > > > main/recommended "leading" desktop, would call Plasma an "alternative
> > > > desktop option," and would strongly caution against use of the word
> > > > "Workstation" anywhere in the branding for the Plasma version. That is,
> > > > let's continue to steer undecided users towards Fedora Workstation, while
> > > > making Plasma easier to find and presenting it more prominently than it is
> > > > today.
> > > 
> > > I like this proposal. It would give the KDE spin more prominence and
> > > would be a good reply to the huge work that has been put into the spin
> > > in recent times. It also wouldn't disrupt our story about Fedora Workstation.
> > > 
> > > If we call it "Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop" or similarly, it won't be
> > > confused with Fedora Workstation.
> > > 
> > 
> > So, effectively no change other than it moves from the Spins section
> > to the Editions section? That would also mean it should be on the
> > front page too, like the other Editions.
> 
> Being an Edition is a very significant thing, though, as we conceive of
> Fedora more widely than just the download page. We put a bunch of hoops
> in the way of IoT and CoreOS becoming editions, and there are hoops in
> the way of Silverblue becoming one (or, you know, wherever we go with
> that path in the end).

My silent assumption was that the current change proposal would be
withdrawn and replaced by a new proposal. We have a formal procedure in [1].
Looking at that list, it seems all fine. The only sticky point is whether
KDE desktop serves a different purpose than Workstation with GNOME.
I'd say it does: desktop preferences are like religion, and people don't
just switch (except when they do).

[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policy/edition-promotion-policy/

Zbyszek
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