On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 13:21 +1000, Nigel Jones wrote: > SIG = Special Interest Group > > So yeah, in the Fedora Docs case, you are entirely correct! :) Actually ... A SIG is a group that has a common interest, but the outcome of their work is not critical to the production and release of the distro. KDE, Fonts, EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) -- all examples of SIGs. The Docs Project is what is called a sub-project, where the outcome of the work is critical to production and release of the distro. Release Engineering, Art, and Infrastructure are examples of sub-projects. This is really not an elitist distinction; there is no value applied to the definition. The fact is, SIGs are freer to do what they think are the right things to do. Sub-projects are under the aegis of the Project Board or the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCO) to perform certain tasks, and are critical enough that Red Hat has hired people to fill positions within the sub-projects. Some sub-projects, such as Docs and Art, are "soft critical", meaning if we fell apart for a release, the release would go on without us. That's a fair distinction, I think. - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, Community Gardener Dev Fu : http://developer.redhatmagazine.com Fedora : http://quaid.fedorapeople.org gpg key : AD0E0C41
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