On Mon, 2014-04-21 at 17:50 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > Look, I think the Foundations are great. They remind us all of why we > got into this to begin with (or most of us anyway). However, they are > never going to completely cover all cases. They are broad. They > project strength and conviction. They can't be worded to be future > proof because nobody can see the future. They are extremely important > guideposts on what Fedora is about, but they are not codifications of > allowed practices and situations. > > If you start tweaking them or adding new ones to list out exceptions > and allowances and to address the latest computing fad, you weaken > their ability to act as those guideposts. They instead become case > law or listings, which leads to less common sense, more process, more > exceptions to be added, etc. They would become so lengthy and > complicated that nobody would read them. > > I'm not saying adding additional Foundations or rewording the existing > ones should never be done, but I do think these specific items you > mention don't necessarily warrant it at this time. Big +1 Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
