On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:46:42 +0100, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't want to sign any agreement to be able to express my opinions, > especially when they are unrelated to what the issue is about ... ?!?! I believe you are freely expressing your opinions.. on this list.. without a problem. And you are able to subscribe to the read-only list and follow maintainer discussions. As maintainer discussions develop and you feel you have something to say... you can either talk directly with a maintainer privately(if you have a good working relationship with that maintainer, I would imagine private email to voice your opinions could be very effective) or bring it up here for wider discussion. And I equally firmly believe that people who are subscribed to this list as well as the fedora-maintainer list will evaluate the merit of your opinions and incorporate the salient information you provide in whatever on-going discussion the maintainers are having among themselves and reach a consensous among themselves. How maintainers inside Core and Extras decide to deal with kernel modules..is one such discussion. I'm sure as we move forward, if you continue to decline the opportunity to become an Extras maintainer, you will have opinions about many other discussions the fedora contributors want to reach concensous on inside the scope of the Fedora process. I think history has proven that you'll find a way to express those opinions. I have complete faith that you will truimph in all such future endeavors to voice your concerns. If you are under the assumption that opinions stated here will go unnoticed, thats a problem. Let me correct that problem now. I can absolutely garuntee you that your opinions have been noticed and individual maintainers who are subscribed to both lists are aware of your opinions. Whether or not maintainers who are listening to the -devel-list incorporate your ideas, or bring them to the maintainers-only list for infrastructure discussion is a personal decision each maintainer will make on an invidual basis. But be assured, -devel-list is not completely ignored, there are maintainers who make an effort to watch discussion in this list. And I'm sure as time goes on, how feedback about specific the maintainership is handled will evolve. But, again, people who commit to becoming contributors inside the process have a more direct impact on discussion with a seat at the decision making table. -jef"like sands through an hourglass...so are the days of our lives"spaleta
