Re: [gNewSense-users] the community and aging packages

[Bob Jonkman]

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> Op Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:53:17 +0100 schreef Patrick Frank
> <address@hidden>:
>> Where do gnewsense users meet these days to be social?

On 30/12/14 04:19 PM, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> That should be the gnewsense-users mailing list and #gnewsense.

There is also a !GNewSense group in the !Fediverse:
http://sn.jonkman.ca/group/gnewsense/

The !Fediverse is the federation of FAIF social media sites, such as
GNUsocial, Status.net, Friendica, Red Matrix, Diaspora. There seems to
be an extraordinarily large proportion of "Libristes Informaticiens"
on these services, a welcome change from those other social networks.

There's a list of GNUsocial/Status.net instances at
http://federation.skilledtests.com/List_of_Independent_GNU_social_Instances.html
and a list of open sites where you can get a GNUsocial/Status.net
account at http://federation.skilledtests.com/select_your_server.html
 Of course, the ultimate goal is to get everyone hosting their own
instances!

- --Bob.


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On 30/12/14 04:19 PM, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> Op Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:53:17 +0100 schreef Patrick Frank
> <address@hidden>:
> 
>> Hello, when I saw the talk of Richard Stallman at the Chaos
>> Communication Congress yesterday I felt inspired to try to change
>> my habits as user of the GNU/Linux operating system towards a
>> more free approach in computing. The first thing that I have
>> observed is that the community on IRC and mailing lists is very
>> much silent.
> 
> My IRC activity has been quite low due to lack of time. I do try
> to answer questions that come up on the mailing lists. Some people
> contact me directly instead of using the mailing lists. That
> doesn't help to build the community much, but I respect their
> choice.
> 
>> Another aspect that started to worry me is the aging of packages.
>> As user I am not only restricted to free packages only which cuts
>> out quite a few useful tools but they are based on a Debian
>> release from May 2013 and the current alpha version will be based
>> on that branch too when I am not mistaken. Is the project still
>> vital at all?
> 
> The 2 main factors causing the lag are lack of time and support
> for mipsel (Lemote Yeeloong). Newer versions of packages would be
> nice, but I want to finish the Wheezy based release so as to not
> throw away the work so far and to provide an upgrade path from
> Parkes.
> 
>> Where do gnewsense users meet these days to be social?
> 
> That should be the gnewsense-users mailing list and #gnewsense.
> 
>> What are the main release goals for gnewsense 4.0?
> 
> To have a free stable secure OS supporting x86 and mipsel.
> 
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