On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Bill Crawford wrote: > >> On Wednesday 11 March 2009 15:17:53 Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> ... >> > <slight rant on> >> > >> > technically, i know that, but perhaps red hat should start >> > protecting its brand a bit more aggressively. go to fedoraunity.org: >> > >> > http://fedoraunity.org/ >> > >> > everything about that site screams "fedora". the name. the icon. >> > the colour scheme. the wording: >> > >> > Welcome to the Fedora Unity Project >> > by The Fedora Unity Team — last modified Dec 13, 2007 07:09 PM >> > >> > sorry, but i just don't have much patience with someone telling me >> > that those two things are in no way connected. if fedora wants to >> > disavow any connection to fedora unity, it should demand that the >> > unity site doesn't work so hard to look like fedora. or at least have >> > a *major* disclaimer at the very top making that clear. >> > >> > </rant> >> >> It might pay them to move the following item to the *top* of the >> "re-spins" page ... and emphasise the word "unofficial" :o) >> >> Who produces the Re-Spins? Are they official Fedora Project >> releases? — by The Fedora Unity Team — last modified Mar 11, 2008 >> 08:29 AM >> >> The Fedora Unity Project, which is an unofficial community project, >> produces the Re-Spins using packages and processes from the official >> Fedora Project. > > that would be a start, but it still wouldn't address the problem of > the current jigdo files (all right, at least the F10 i386 DVD jigdo > file) having at least two out-of-date package references. and, no, > it's not really acceptable to tell people who want to use it to > manually edit the jigdo file to fix stuff like that. that kind of > defeats the purpose of advertising a user-friendly way to get > upgrades. > > and on that note, i'll shut up now. > > rday > -- Robert, are you really done with your ranting? If not, go sit in the corner and sulk some more. Fedora Unity Project is a volunteer based work product. Like many such groups they are understaffed. Be thankful that they are only a month behind the latest release. You probably don't remember when their respins were 3 or more months behind. Give the folks a break or even better a hand. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
