On 09.05.2009 20:11, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 20:05 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> Maybe that is >> >> - because the text is to vague >> >> - because lot of packagers don't agree with it and don't care much what >> some commitee decided >> >> - because updates of popular packages (like kernel or KDE) give users >> and packagers the impression that updating to the latest and greatest is >> normal >> >> - because there is no coordination/benevolent Dictator or packager >> education to bring people in line >> >> IMHO it's all of the above. > > That may be true. However we've long maintained that maintainers should > be the ones to make the decision, and we've tried to avoid such things > as benevolent dictators. I think it would cause more harm than good. > > Perhaps a better strategy is more general education and gentle guiding, > and redirecting of people that disagree with the Fedora policies. That basically what I meant and IMHO even what I said -- I didn't say it has to be a benevolent dictator. Or, IOW: There is a reason why there is a "/" between coordination and benevolent Dictator; maybe I should have made it a "|" to be more clear ;-) CU knurd -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
