Re: GNOME online desktop - (some of the possible) next steps

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Havoc Pennington">

> Right now what we're doing is just adding more jsps to mugshot.org that
> will be served when the server is reached from online.gnome.org. These
> jsps will not have the Stacker, just an "edit my account" page and a
> "login/signup" page. They will have GNOME branding instead of Mugshot.
> Bryan is making mockups.
> 
> The backing database is still the same, so an account on online.gnome.org
> is the same as one on mugshot.org and the data is in one big soup.
> 
> What this gives us is online.gnome.org by the end of the week or so and
> BigBoard etc. can start to be powered by online.gnome.org.

Right, that's a good short term solution.

> The long-term location of the servers isn't clear yet, and we'll 
> probably also want to make the servers a test case for a shiny new Free 
> Terms of Service / Open Service Definition that isn't defined yet.

... and I think a lot of this will depend on GNOME Foundation + Advisory
Board discussions about how we'll work with AB partners, branding, etc.

Thanks,

- Jeff

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