Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st May 2008 22:19 UTC, submitted by SEJeff
In November 2007, we reported on the GNOME Board Elections of 2007, where Jeff Waugh was getting serious 
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Member since:2005-07-09
Granted, planet.gnome.org isn't that important, but it does lend credibility to the openness and activity of GNOME.
Comparing to KDE isn't quite the same. dot.kde.org is always active. An outsider can see what's happening in the KDE world with little effort, so KDE Planet isn't as important.
In GNOME, http://gnomedesktop.org is rarely updated, so Planet GNOME is a lot more significant if an outsider wants to keep track of GNOME. IRC, mailing lists, Guadec, etc are good for development, but aren't good for outsiders or casual interested but potentially new contributors to GNOME.
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2007-02-23
Planet gnome is really not so much worse off than other planets out there. It is definitely not an essential service to the development of Gnome (after all, they have irc, mailing lists, Guadec, etc. for the real work).
So the fact that it exists at all is simply out of convenience to the users who would like a little insight into the workings of gnome without having to dig through all the mailing lists. I mean, isn't that why all planets exist?
Anyway, you guys are making a big deal about a service that is neither essential, nor particularly important. If it was the development mailing lists or the source repo, then there'd be cause for concern.
(Posted by an unhappy KDE contributor - unhappy to see his friends at gnome attacked this way, that is, even if jdub really is an arse...)