On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:23 AM, John Poelstra <poelstra@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > inode0 said the following on 10/08/2009 08:58 AM Pacific Time: >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:40 AM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Is it in the board's purview to "lead" the project by singling out >>>> technologies it wants to move along over the next few releases? >>> >>> Yes. Fedora has limited resources. That means that someone needs to >>> prioritize the use of those resources. As a corollary to that it may >>> mean that some projects/ideas may be denied resources. >> >> I thought I was asking a rhetorical question there. And I think the >> answer is no. >> >>>> Are there structural problems within the project that this would help? >>> >>> Fedora can't be everything to everyone, and if anyone in the project >>> thinks we can, I would call that a structural problem. >> >> I think it is a problem if we exclude contributors who have a vision >> that nine board members don't understand yet. Let them do their work, >> make their case, and prove their point. We have mechanisms now for >> determining winners and losers among competing technologies. >> > > This is too "all or nothing." There has been no discussion about excluding > contributors who have a different vision than the board. Fedora provides a > tremendous amount of flexibility and opportunity to do your own thing... > including creating your own distro. Even if the core direction Fedora is at > odds with some contributors, nobody is saying they can't do what they want > to, within reasonable bounds of course. Yes, there is discussion of exactly that in the text quoted above. Granted it was not made by a board member. At least that was how I interpreted the comments about prioritization and denial of resources to projects/ideas the board doesn't like. John _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
