On 05/19/2009 05:44 PM, Denis Leroy wrote: > That's a pretty vague sentence. Do we have something more specific to > work with, to justify this whole fiasco ? Have people complained ? Were > threats made ? Bugzilla tickets filed ? Did the PRC threaten to add > fedoraproject.org to the big firewall if we don't stop shipping FreeCIV > immediately (a CeasePackage-and-desist letter :-) ) ? People complained. I was asked to write a policy draft to handle flags. Well, to be specific, I was asked to document the unwritten "no flags" policy that we'd had from the Red Hat Linux days, but after giving it thought and consulting with Red Hat Legal, I came up with the current policy which: * permits flags in optional subpackages * permits flags when their use is not technically or substantively essential to the package * gives an explicit exception to flags when they are generic (fictional countries count as generic) * has an exception clause where a packager can plead their case to FESCo This is substantially divergent from "No Flags". ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
