On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 10:43 -0700, Jason Self wrote:
> It seems to me that a GNU distribution should include and give preference to
> GNU software whenever possible. That would include Evolution for example, which
> is part of GNOME, which is part of GNU and also Icecat, which is another GNU
> package. That doesn't mean non-GNU things can't be available but it seems wrong
> for the GNU Operating System to not be using its own components by default.

That's a very good point. What I wrote was just the kind of things I was
thinking about for a hackable distribution but I got carried away and
failed to put it properly in the context of a GNU distribution! In that
case, one would, of course, absolutely focus on GNU software first. Of
course I'm quite happy with Gnome (writing this in Evolution now), and a
GNU source distribution running Gnome as its desktop would be an
enjoyable thing.

Anyway, I guess there are bigger problems to solve at the moment such as
packaging and distribution than details like which particular software
packages to focus on...I shouldn't have brought that up.

Cheers,
-brandon