On Jan 22, 2008 9:23 PM, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Jan 22, 2008 10:48 AM, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ok, for usage I will go to them, but what about the bugs I reported > > about? Fedora unity people aren't developing revisor AFAIK, or are > > they? > Here's where we talk about what it means to be a Fedora developer, > versus just a developer. > > In actually, very little is developed as part of fedora directly. > There are multiple pieces of technology where fedora contributors are > also significant upstream developers, but for most packages > fedora!=upstream. Even when the project source code is hosted at > hosted.fedoraproject.org, its still not necessarily appropriate to > think of that project as a 'Fedora' > > At the most naive level, it might be best to think of people building > pieces of Fedora infrastructure as Fedora developers, and you'd mostly > be right, since the infrastructure that Fedora project uses is in > large part motivated by internal project needs. But other people do > use those bits so they do have some upstream context that isn't > completely defined by Fedora. > > Outside of that it gets much harder to define when someone is Fedora > developer specifically. Some examples.... > > The kernel is important to Fedora, but are the Fedora contributors > Fedora developers...or are they kernel developers? I'd like to think > of them as kernel developers who contribute to Fedora.. because in all > the ways that matter they are driving important enhancements into the > kernel base, so that all linux kernel users potentially benefit. > Fedora as a project helps them do that more effectively by being an > easy way for user to get access to kernel builds as part of an > integrated whole. Can Fedora as a project change to be even an even > more effective conduit to connect kernel developers and users... > yes..now and forever. > > The gnome desktop is important to Fedora, but are the gnome desktop > contributors Fedora developers... or are the gnome developers? I'd > like to think of them as gnome desktop developers who contribute to > Fedora.. because in all the ways that matter they are driving > important enhancements into the gnome codebase so that all gnome users > potentially benefit. Fedora as a project helps them do that more > effectively by being an easy way for user to get access to gnome > builds as part of an integrated whole. Can Fedora as a project change > to be even an even more effective conduit to connect gnome developers > and users... yes..now and forever. > > Similarly, revisor is its own upstream project with its own > developers. We as a project are lucky enough to count some if not all > of the developers of the tool as Fedora contributors. And hopefully > the revisor developers see Fedora as a project an effective conduit to > get users, using their bits. Can Fedora as a project change to be > even an even more effective conduit to connect revisor developers and > users... yes..now and forever. > > -jef"Holy crap its above freezing here! I love global warming!"spaleta Thanks Jeff for great reply! Valent -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
