= Fedora Project Board Meeting :: Tuesday 2008-07-29 = == Roll Call == Attendees: Tom Callaway, Matt Domsch, Paul Frields, Harald Hoyer, Jesse Keating, Bill Nottingham, Chris Tyler, Seth Vidal, Karsten Wade == Codecs (2008-05-13) == * Need to restart discussion on fedora-advisory-board redhat com to get plans in place at the start of F10 * Chris Aillon to make contact with Bastien Nocera to find out what current plans are * Waiting on bug 438225 to proceed ** this change will enable auto-provide for codec information ** For Fedora 10 removing Codeina and using the distribution's built-in mechanism to install packages (if 438255) is implemented** For Fluendo to continue to provide codecs to Fedora they will need to provide them as packages in a yum repo ** This errs on the side of more "free-ish" software RESOLUTION: # ACTION :: Paul - request feature page from developer # FESCo should track bug 438225 since this falls into their mandate == Updates (2008-07-15) == * Some board members are concerned that too many updates are being made to our stable releases ACTIONS: * Board request more information from FESCo on the following: *# Statistics from bodhi about the number updates and bugs fixed *# Regression statistics from bugzilla *# Is there a policy against updating shared library versions in stable releases? * FESCo delivered statistics for updates ** Are these updates skewed by new packages? (Spin-off issue, see "Package Reviews" below) * Board to review update statistics and discuss before further consideration == Privacy Policy (NEW) == * Tom's draft has been at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/TomCallaway/PrivacyPolicyDraft for two weeks and comments have been handled ** We cannot guarantee FAS submitted email addresses' privacy because an outside (non-@xxxx) email address must be used for Bugzilla ** No retention clauses exist in the draft, people should be able to request a purge if they leave * Voting application could be further refined to disconnect voting data from accounts * Board to reconsider policy for a vote # ACTION :: Tom - Make change that allows email address to be public # ACTION :: Tom - Add a retention policy # ACTION :: Tom - Create Infrastructure ticket with details on decoupling voting data from account data == Package Reviews (NEW) == * Board wants to ensure FESCo is driving interest in package reviews * Board also wants to ensure it is helping FESCo create an adequate basis for getting that additional contributor help ** Queue is very lengthy, over 800 packages at last count ** This may drive update statistics RESOLUTION: # ACTION :: Paul - Request contributor to produce statistics for review queue on a regular basis in Fedora Weekly news # ACTION :: Karsten - On Docs team, drive priority wiki gardening of the packaging and package review guidelines to make contributor uptake easier == Education Spin (NEW) == * Education spin trademark usage approval requested here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-July/msg00141.html ** Only Fedora software included ** This spin is a partnership between previously disparate groups RESOLUTION: # Board unanimously approves Education spin for use of "Fedora" marks.
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