[PureOS] Let's stablize PureoS Green

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Jeremiah C. Foster (2019-03-14 18:57:44)
> What do those folks on this mailing list think? Should we keep PureOS 
> Green on Debian (Buster) Stable?

Above is strongly tied the related question of what to do about cravings 
for exciting new $stuff as Buster (non-)evolves to become steadily more 
boring over its multi-year lifespan.

Do we...

 a) Tell users to wait for it to become boring enough?
 b) Maintain a local fork as .deb in PureOS for each wish?
 c) Maintain a local flatpak for each wish?
 d) Tell users to include .deb/flatpack maintained elsewhere?

With a) I say yes let's do it.  But I expect others in the company to 
not really want that option for several years, not even for enterprise 
users. Testing that is simple: Imagine PureOS being Stretch until 6 
months from now (i.e. until Buster becomes boring _and_ we finish 
testing that it really truly is boring also with our adaptations).

With b) I say no: We lack manpower, procedures, and infrastructure to 
handle that - including security tracking but also other things.

With c) I say that those responsible for flatpack maintenance need to 
evaluate when they are ready - including security tracking but also 
other things.  Which implies that it is a no if PureOS team has that 
responsibility.

With d) I say no: It is irresponsible of us to point our users 
elsewhere.


 - Jonas

-- 
 * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt
 * Tlf.: +45 40843136  Website: http://dr.jones.dk/

 [x] quote me freely  [ ] ask before reusing  [ ] keep private
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 488 bytes
Desc: signature
URL: <http://lists.puri.sm/pipermail/pureos-project/attachments/20190314/6323c542/attachment.sig>