I think thats an excellent idea Corey. Do you want me to write up the questions and answers or would you like to give me a set of questions to answer? Thanks, Cody A.W. Somerville <div class="gmail_quote"> On Jan 22, 2008 6:47 PM, Corey Burger <<a href="mailto:corey.burger@gmail.com">corey.burger@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Jan 20, 2008 9:45 PM, Cody A.W. Somerville <div class="Ih2E3d"><<a href="mailto:cody-somerville@ubuntu.com">cody-somerville@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: </div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Hello Developers & Jono, > > CC: ubuntu-marketing > >  If you've heard my position on the migration of the xubuntu-specific > packages to universe, my biggest concern was the community issues revolving > around the move. Since the infrastructure for building the ISOs have been > updated, the only difference between having the xubututu-specific packages > in main and universe is the audience who can upload to that repository and > small policies/procedures changes. However, this e-mail is not to rehash the > number of concerns I had brought up but to address one specifically. > Unfortunately, the migration from main to universe has resulted in confusion > and some misleading news posts. > > For example: > <a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical" target="_blank">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical</a> > > We also received our first confused user in #xubuntu shortly after the above > article appeared on digg: > > [01:06] <bytor4232> So does this mean anything: > <a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical" target="_blank">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Xubuntu_is_no_longer_supported_by_Canonical </a> >  [01:07] <bytor4232> Are just the packages moving to universe, or is Xubuntu > as a project going away? > [01:07] <bytor4232> I do so love the Xubuntu live CD. > > After I explained that the change had no direct effect on the end-user and > that we would continue to provide the xubuntu-desktop package and Xubuntu > ISOs, he expressed his original fears/interpretations: > > [01:29] <bytor4232> Whew. > [01:30] <bytor4232> I'm extremely happy about that.  My fear, and the fear > of the digger at the link above, is that Ubuntu was trying to re-absorb all > the specialized distro spinoffs, like xubuntu, edubuntu, and kubuntu. > [01:31] <bytor4232> I like the fact that Ubuntu has specialized projects > like Xubuntu. > > Jono/Marketing Team: Would it be possible to do something PR wise to defuse > the situation? > > Thanks, > > Cody </div></div>Do you want to write something up for the Fridge, talking about where Xubuntu is going? Maybe a mini interview? Corey </blockquote></div> -- Cody A.W. Somerville