On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:06:06PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> How about if we decouple Fedora-the-product and Fedora-the-community? >> The obvious model here is Ubuntu, who over time have spawned several >> products driven by independent subcommunities. These products are >> independently managed but use common respoitories and are tied to the >> same overall release schedule, and each has its own strong branding - >> Kubuntu even has its own financial backing. > > I like the basic idea -- and _especially_ like reinforcing that the Fedora > community (and the Fedora Project) are bigger than the Fedora distribution. > > And I also share your concern about the perception. Is the Ubuntu model > drawing the line a little too strongly? If we go this route, I want the... > secondary (is there a better word here?) products to still feel (and be!) > supported and included rather than kicked out or downgraded. I strongly agree with this sentiment and my biggest fear about proposals like this one is that the folks working on them end up being told to just go build/test/distribute/market their thing on their own. Doing as much as we can to allow them to leverage things that Fedora provides in these and other areas is important where possible. I understand there will be limitations in all these areas and I think the often neglected marketing one is possibly the most important one for keeping a cohesive Fedora Community with active projects like these. Maybe we could have a prominent web page for Fedora Community Projects or something in addition to whatever the new products page shakes out to be? John _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
