On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:34:19 +0000, Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 14:53 +0000, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: >> >> I appreciate the clarification from you and Matt on the request. As >> you know Jesse my, and Unity's, goal has been for a while has been to >> get Fedora in to the hands of as many people as possible with the >> least amount of "pain." That is why we make the Re-Spins, it was why >> we made the original Live media. I know and understand the extra man >> hours required to properly test all the different varieties of media. >> As I said Unity will produce CDs for those that need/want them should >> RE or whoever decides that it is impractical for Fedora Project to >> continue producing them. Another compromise I am sure that would work >> for us is if you produced them, handed them off to us for testing and >> distribution. >> > > My (mostly unfounded) worry is that Fedora Unity is reacting to requests > without investigating the reasoning behind the request. Think of this > as the Henry Ford problem. If all Henry Ford did was produce what his > customers asked for, all we'd have right now is fast horses. What we > need to be doing is investigating why these people think they need split > CDs, to be certain that there is no other offering within the Fedora > universe that satisfies their needs. > > Just producing it, somebody will download it, because they know no > better, so having numbers that say "somebody wanted it" isn't enough in > my book, and right now, I feel that the anaconda, qa, releng teams are > being held hostage by Fedora Unity due to blanket claims of "if Fedora > Project does not produce them Fedora Unity will". > If Fedora Unity's motivation to continue a service to the community -at it's own expense, not yours- is holding you and the other teams hostage, call S.W.A.T. -Jeroen -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
