On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:08:08AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 8/17/10 8:31 AM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> When I was a member of the board and we went through a round of > >> appointments, all appointment candidates were discussed within the > >> board, and I don't recall there being an appointment that did not have > >> the full current board approval. That may not be codified in any > >> written bylaw, but it seemed to be standard practice, and thus little > >> chance of a renegade FPL stuffing the board with yes-people. > >> > > I think you're missing the point by thinking of them as "yes-people". > > I'm not talking about the FPL putting people in that will agree with > > everything that they believe but rather certain things that they > > believe and are essential to the FPL's vision of Fedora. Think back > > to anything that is controversial... let's say updates vision. If the > > FPL thinks that Fedora needs to worry more about stability, the FPL > > has a wide range of candidates who have weighed in on the question > > asking for more stability in Fedora. People who are primarily known > > for other work and bring other talents to the table but who have, > > because the debate was so wide ranging, made clear where they stand. > > Similarly, if the FPL thinks that Fedora needs to stay closer to its > > roots, they have a diverse set of candidates to select from as well. > > My what a paranoid view you have. > > Also, I rather take offense that you consider a more conservative > approach to updates to our stable releases counter to the "roots" of > Fedora, particularly when you consider that Fedora is rooted in Red Hat > Linux. > Thanks for being excelllent! -Toshio
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