2010/2/18 Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 11:33 -0600, inode0 wrote: >> Isn't this an example of a false dichotomy? Our choice is not (a) have >> the board define a target audience for the default spin or (b) stare >> at our navels. > > No ... and I don't think the board is doing the work either. Have you > seen the page that some of us put together during the interaction design > hackfest a couple months or so back? We were making sure to interview > folks from each of the different groups within the entire Fedora > community and make sure their POV was accounted for as part of the > process. > > There's a whole methodology to the process, and it isn't just folks > meeting in a room and making a decision in isolation which saying 'the > board decides' seems to paint a picture of. Fair point. It does paint a false picture in that sense. But regardless of the process used once the FPB stamps a seal of approval on a target audience it will have a permanence that it doesn't have otherwise. The FPB can change it later but surely is not going to be eager to revisit this. That may be ok, what I think trickles from it might be what you find most valuable in it. >> What if there were spin guidelines similar to the packaging >> guidelines? You want to be a spin here are the things we need ... and >> this included a clear statement of the target audience of the spin. >> Would having that clear statement of the target audience solve your >> problems? This could be handled through FESCo oversight which seems >> the more logical place for it to me and it would remove my main >> concern. > > I think that's a good way to make sure the spins are better-defined, but > it avoids the choice of - 'what is Fedora'? When I go to a conference to > promote Fedora, must I bring copies of every single spin? If I don't > know what a spin is, and I'm struggling to grasp what exactly Fedora is, > what distro should I be handed at an event? > > Its the target audience definition for THAT which I think is of utmost > importance, and I think we need to be in alignment on as a community. I > think the board needs to make tough calls when necessary to make sure a > target audience is defined for that. You would use the target audience for the default spin as the target audience for that purpose. A secondary benefit of this in my mind is it creates a framework for competition among spins to be the default spin and that competition should promote technical improvements in the spins. John _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
