On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 07:06 -0500, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:55:57AM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > > > updates and you can't find a linux related site to host your stuff > > > initially you are doing something wrong or don't have enough interested > > > skilled people. > > > > The time estimate is based on the time it took to get RPM Fusion up and > > running. > > Which was a large project based upon merging existing large projects and done > for the first time. It has complex dependancies and politics. > > Thats a bit like saying "Well concorde was hard so my paper aeroplane will > take five years to fold" Wrong, it's like saying "there are easy and effective ways and there are less effective ways to achieve something". > I've been in the Free Software world for a fair number of years and I will > say this - there are the people who say it is too hard/costs too much/can't be > done and there are the people who just do it anyway. Do you think Linux would > exist if Linus had started from a costing analysis for MS Windows or 4BSD ? > > Just do it, the rest will fall into place if there is any interest. Right, implementing a fork is the last resort, when an opensource project's leadership doesn't want listen. Other options would exist if there was willingness amongst Fedora's sponsors and amongst Fedora's leadership - Both apparently do not exist. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
