On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:56:52AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > In going through the project structure wiki, I've come across a thing > I've always thought a little funny. Fedora Project is an umbrella term, > and underneath that, we have an official thing called a ... Project. > Does anyone object to consistently referring to these as, instead, > Subprojects? > > Additionally, while <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Defining_projects> > has a formal procedure for these subprojects, we haven't particularly > followed up on things like "Projects at this stage are expected to > provide regular progress reports and to maintain an active state." As > we were talking about having some of the Council meetings being > reporting-focused, I think this might be a natural fit for bringing > reality in line with the documentation. > > On the other hand, the section on SIGs focuses on the path to becoming > a full Project Project, while the praxis is really captured in the last > sentences: "It is possible for SIGs to exist indefinitely in this > manner if the contributors feel there is no need for official project > status. Indeed, many SIGs are sufficiently narrow in focus that they do > not require project status to fulfill their missions." Here, I think > it'd be better to rewrite this to put the SIGs-as-they-are aspect first > and the incubator possibility as second. > > And then, of course, there's no mention of the Fedora.next structure > here at all. The Working Groups we established are in many ways > effectively each Subprojects (and the standards they're meant to be > held to are similar); should they be considered as part of that, or as > something distinct? My recollection is that page is extremely old. I would argue it's also not extremely useful because it simply formalizes common sense. It also adds a level of bureaucracy to initiatives contributors ought to feel free to start at any time. When I read this page it fills me with ennui. I guess what I'm advocating is to not take every wiki page hanging around for 7+ years as de facto necessary to carry forward. :-) -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/council-discuss
