Jon Masters (jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > > > I would really like to see a "Plumbing" gathering at LPC or a FUDCon, or > > > similar, in which those of us who touch the bowels of the system can > > > talk strategy for the next 1/2 releases. It's ok to do stuff like > > > systemd if it's deemed useful, but let's talk about it first and get > > > input from the different folks involved in integration of this stuff. > > > > Why is having a separate cabal better than working with upstream > > to begin with? > > Because there's a difference between upstream and distribution > coherence? Not if you're doing it right. > Upstream for any given package doesn't care about how random > other packages interact other than the ones perhaps they play with. "Hi, we decided in our distro we're not taking the next 2.6.37 kernel b/c it's WEIRD, and we're not taking it until you revert THAT PATCH OVER THERE." How would that make us sound? To be honest, I would think the high-level planning of features for a few releases down the line wouldn't even start at the plumbing levels in many cases. Bill _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board