Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Ben Armstrong wrote:

> Probably.  But it doesn't stop me from wishing this were not so.  I
> didn't want Debian Jr. to be *only* a packaging effort.  I wanted a
> living, breathing relationship between children, their caretakers and
> developers.  We've fallen far short of this lofty ideal, but that
> doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be kept alive.  That's the
> distinctiveness that is at risk to be lost if we're just absorbed by
> Debian Edu.

I absolutely subscribe to this statement.  I've nothing against Debian Edu
(rather the contrary) but I think Debian Jr. could do more for the
original target audience if it would keep a team alive.

> Not a bad technical solution, as I said.  Let's just see what comes of
> the alternate proposal by Miriam to have youth lead this project as a
> group before going down that road, though.

That would be ideal.  Miriam?

Kind regards

        Andreas.

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