On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 11:41:20AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: >On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 11:14 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 10:37 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: >> > I think the correct question here is why has a perfectly routine version >> > bump for components included in Fedora been submitted as a 'feature'? If >> > GNOME 2.28 is a feature, isn't KDE 4.3 a feature (oh, I see it is too, >> > lovely...), kernel 2.6.31 a feature...every new version of everything in >> > the distro a feature? What benefit does applying the feature process to >> > a routine update like this bring, to offset its clear inconsistency? >> >> "routine version bump" may actually introduce new and exciting features, >> and may need coordination across a wide range of users and testers. >> Ergo, Fedora Feature. > >Again, that applies to _everything in the distro_. I don't think 'it's a >new version' can be a feature. If we identify something particular >within the GNOME or KDE package set which is a significant enough change >to qualify as a Fedora feature, fine, submit it as such. But just >declaring the entire version upgrade to be a feature seems a bit weird >to me. Features are about publicity. There is value in saying "Fedora NN comes with Frobit 3.14!", if Frobit is a rather popular package. Doubly so if Fedora NN is the first distro to ship it. josh -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
