On 6/14/20 9:27 PM, Alyssa Ross wrote:
So, why not start a public discussion in Qubes' mailing list on issue tracker to figure out what is needed to accomplish Spectrum's goals?
It will probably turn out that you made the right decision by starting a separate project, but at the very least: - You'll may get attention from people who can contribute to Spectrum - The issues involved with be publicly documented and searchable for future generations
I think you maybe don't appreciate just how huge an undertaking this would be. There is so much that would have to change about how Qubes works that I think you'd end up having to reimplement most of it anyway, but you'd be doing it bit by bit, never having the opportunity to consider the system as a whole.
Plus, SpectrumOS does not have to deal with backwards compatibility. If QubesOS developers were to start implementing these changes, they would constantly have to deal with trade-offs between ease of implementing them and the cost of breaking backwards compatibility.
At the end of the day I just don't believe that trying to shoehorn these changes into Qubes is the best way to make progress. It might well be valuable to try that, but even so it would make much more sense for somebody who believes in that approach to dedicate the huge amount of effort required to attempt it, rather than me. This could be another effort that could be pursued in parallel to my work on Spectrum.
Very much this. -- Best, r