On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Adam Miller <maxamillion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > I wanted to bring a few things up and I wanted to bring them up on > devel@xxxxxxxxxx because this is where most people spend their time. > > First off: "Does letting thousands of contributors do what they > want have a negative impact on our OS? (Mike)"[0] > - I would prefer that this be rephrased to a quote I read that > originated from John Rose (inode0) "isn't it amazing how thousands of > contributors doing whatever they want created such a spectacular OS?" > and I would prefer a focus be turned towards something like "Why was > that the result of doing something that is essentially chaotic?" .... > I guess my main question is: "Why are we fixing something that isn't > broken?" > > Second: "The Board has been working on defining a target audience > for Fedora. In response to this, some people feel that Fedora should > allow sub-groups to define their own target audience"[1] > - I don't entirely understand this, don't SIGs or (sub groups) > essentially exist purely because there is some target audience? > Clarification on this not would be appreciated. > > Now, we come to the part that I feel is going to be viewed as a > touchy subject by many..... Why are there words like "letting" and > "allow" being thrown around so often? I understand there are > guidelines and policies for certain things of technical or legal > nature in Fedora, but it feels a little like there is an attempt here > to dictate how myself, as well as all others, spend their time > contributing to The Fedora Project. I don't think the goal is to dictate how the community spends their time. I'd like to think of it as more of a starting point for attracting new contributors; "here are our broader goals, how you can help, and why you should invest your time in our community, rather than elsewhere." The open-source concept isn't exactly niche anymore; there is an increasing number of people out there who want to contribute, but unlike days long since past where people would contribute because something was broken or non-existent, they're just here to contribute, learn how community works. Finding those potential contributors and giving them a pathway to success is essential to Fedora's long-term growth and reaching our goals (whatever those may be). > > [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Unfinished_Board_issues > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Walters/SpinsSigsRemixes_TargetAudience > > I would just like to know other contributors thoughts on these topics. > > Thank you for your time, > -AdamM > > -- > http://maxamillion.googlepages.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
