On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So I recently had to carefully reread the foundations, and I was surprised to find the "First" foundation is not nearly as focused on timing as is generally assumed:> This doesn't mean I'm against doing Big Exciting New Things in general> or Fedora.next in particular, but I do want to stand up for the value ofThis is all very convincing. But you also sent me a convincing message the
> just keeping your head down (hah, I know, Adam, practice what you
> preach) and doing good, dull engineering work. With your pocket
> protector firmly in place.
other week about Fedora's place on the innovation curve and, basically, the
difficulty of doing all that good dull work while being innovative. Stop
convincing me in different directions -- my head will fall off!
Or, in seriousness, because I don't think they're *necessarily* in direct
conflict, what do you think we should do about all of the above? Our mission
and branding, including our foundations, tend to steer away from the dull
and towards new shiny. In fact, whenever we do something that could be
characterized as head-down plodding forward progress instead of a bold leap,
we hear *quite a bit* of sarcasm about the four foundations in the online
chatter.
> we provide the latest _in stable and robust_, useful, and powerful free software in our Fedora distribution.
(emphasis mine)
So, "new shiny"? Yes, please. "Bold leap"? Uncertain. "Bleeding edge"? Definitely not.
(It could be argued that when the written from or the Foundations and their common understanding differs, it's the common understanding that is correct. I suppose the right way to go about it would be to dig out the archives of the discussions and Board minutes from that time to accurately understand the consensus of _that_ time, as opposed to the _current_ common understanding, which is, I think, primarily formed by the above-referenced sarcasm.)
Mirek
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