On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 23:34 +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > Just wondering. No, I really don't want to stop the new RPM; there are likely > > other examples (say OpenOffice 3.0) in rawhide (but going backwards there as > > hard as with RPM). But I'm more and more wondering if the complex Feature > > process is worth all the trouble and effort. The best thing that came out of > > it in F9 IMHO were the good release notes and great "whats new" pages. But > > I'd say we can have that easier. > > One reason for missing out on the feature process is probably that I've > found it somehow alien thing to begin with - I don't consider myself > working on a "Fedora feature", I'm "working on rpm.org upstream" to get a > much-needed update to the aging RPM version we have been living with for > ages. Mind you, this is not an excuse for missing out on distro policies. > The line between a "feature" and a "non-feature" is extremely obscure > really, and I think the point of "if you're unsure, ask" has not been made > sufficiently clear. Until perhaps now :) Maybe it also helps to think of the Fedora feature process as leveraging what Fedora can provide for an upstream community. Two things that come to mind immediately are QA/testing and widespread publicizing of the feature. -- Paul W. Frields gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://paul.frields.org/ - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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