On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:57:57 -0500 Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can someone give me a technical definition of exactly what Fedora is > considering a respin? Seems like a lot of people say "A respin is super > top of cool shape in the world!!1!!one!" But I'm not quite sure what > that means? Take the following three scenarios: > > Scenario 1) Using only software available on our mirrors, someone has > created a respin and wants us to host it. > > Scenario 2) Using only software available on our mirrors, someone has > created a respin by mixing our mirrors with some re-compiled software > and wants us to host it. The main difference here is they have > re-compiled one or two of our SRPMS with different flags *or* they've > taken the F7 distribution and merged some SRPMS from rawhide in it. > Again, this is all fedora software though it has been 'altered' in a way > that is different from how we ship it. > > Scenario 3) Using software available on our mirrors as well as some > backgrounds and templates available on a creative commons website (or > some other Open Source content website) a user has created a respin and > wants us to host it. > > Which of the above scenarios are we considering 'OK'? All of them need Board ack before being called "Fedora". > Second, when we agree that something is an official spin, answer the > following questions: > What are they asking us to do? Allow them to use the Fedora name and logos? > Is this a bootable CD/DVD? > A live cd? > Is this the RPMS and boot images? > Could it be all of the above? I think it can be all of the above... > How does the user keep this re-spin up to date? I don't understand that question. > Is what we are storing just a diff of what they've changed? > When do we stop hosting something, does it have the same release cycle > as the rest of Fedora? I don't think we've ever hosted a respin before. josh _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
