Hi Paul, On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As noted in our previous minutes[1], the Board was tasked with > producing a vision statement for updates to Fedora stable releases. > That vision can be found here: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Stable_release_updates_vision > > This statement is the result of many Board discussions which have > taken into consideration issues raised recently in numerous other > venues such as the devel list. After considering these issues > carefully, along with other factors such as the broad user base for > which we should strive[2], the Board feels this vision will best meet > the needs of our millions of users, including our contributor base. > > The Board would like FESCo to read through this vision statement, and > use it as a basis for implementing changes that will help achieve this > vision. We look forward to working with FESCo and across the whole > Fedora Project to continue improving the Fedora distribution. This is an important step in the right direction. Thank you to you and the board for taking it. A few comments on the statement: * The overall tone and message is very good. It makes it clear that we care about the experience. * I think the use of the term "update stream" is problematic both in terms of connotation and potential misinterpretation. Perhaps "update sets" or "updates" is better. * I think that the second bullet item under "Vision Statement": "* Stable releases should provide a consistent user experience throughout the lifecycle, and only fix bugs and security issues. " may need to make allowances for some hardware enablement too. * At some point, I would love to see this statement evolve to also include a vision for distinguishing application updates and system updates - in other words more closely match most user's mental model of the system. Or is it the view of the board that is the purview of FESCO? It is still my hope that in the long term we may approach something like what we've described in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Desktop/Whiteboards/UpdateExperience. Thanks again, Jon _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
