Time to Rock and Roll !!

Hi all,

I am fully functional at my new house and things are really like I want then to be... A small piece of heaven!

Ok, time to rock and Roll. I know it is summer, but here in Montreal it is raining every days of the week, at the exception of Monday.... It is not good for outdoors activities....

So here is below the plan until (CORRECTED) October 6th 2008, which is Developer Release 2 launch date! Surprise! Also, MaXX Desktop is going public at the same time as the MaXXDesktop.com website.

That means lots of work ahead and I would really appreciate some help (not only from the 3-4 usual members)

First, we will focus our efforts on the two following Linux Distribution: Ubuntu(Debian) and Fedora(RH) on both 32 and 64 bit architectures.

The Plan is simple, we must get those packages ready from prime-time. The MaXXDesktop.com main site will provide and the necessary tools(wiki, forums, docs, blogs and community).

1) Foundation Frameworks

• includes: SGI-Xt Library, SGI-OpenMotif-2.1.32 Library, SGI-Shemes and Sgm-1.0 Library
• packaging: binary, source and development headers and tools
• issues:

1. dependencies involved by overwriting existing Xt and Motif libraries on both .deb and RPM based systems.
2. numbering scheme for .deb packaging to force a clean upgrade without breaking dependencies
3. /etc/apt/sources.list alteration to support automatic installer on Ubuntu and other Debian based systems.

2) 5Dwm Window Manager Classic Edition

• includes: 5Dwm window manager v1.2.1, config files and x11 resources
• packaging: binary and source
• issues: ???

3) MaXX Desktop Classic Edition

• includes: desktop-apps, desktop-utils, shared files, config files and scripts
• packaging: binary and source
• issues: ???

4) MaXX Desktop 'Experimental'

• includes: various experimental libraries and applications.
• packaging: binary and source
• issues: ???

Do I forgot something here.

Looking forward to your comments, feed backs and involvement!

Eric Masson
MaXXDesktop.com || 5Dwm.org