Re: "Staying close to upstream"

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  On 08/13/2010 12:23 PM, Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> On Friday, August 13, 2010, 1:05:16 PM, Kevin wrote:
>> Jon Ciesla wrote:
>>> My understanding of the SIG concept was that they were groups of people
>>> who were self-organizing around a particular theme to further that theme
>>> in Fedora, i.e. Games, Live Upgrade, KDE, etc.
>> Right, but that makes them naturally the best bodies to make decisions
>> related to those respective themes.
>>          Kevin Kofler
> It  seems to me that "best" depends on the point of view of the person
> in question, and the outcome of a given decision.
>
> The  FireFox  maintainer  might  well  be  viewed as best qualified to
> determine  which  (if  any) distribution-specific patches they want to
> support  over  the life of the package.   If you say no, then put that
> maintainer in a "FireFox SIG" and repeat the question.
>
> FESCo  might  well  be viewed as best to deal with policies related to
> updates  across  _all_ Fedora SIGs and releases, since that one of the
> tasks they were _ELECTED_ to perform.
>
> Seems  you think best is one way in one case, and the other way in the
> other  case.   It is this inconsistency that folks are trying to bring
> to your attention.
>
> Al
>
Hey, no fair stating the same point as I did, at the same time, but 
better, and without ranting.  That's cheating!

:)

-J

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