On 02/18/2010 08:19 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:09:51AM -0600, Adam Miller wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen <kanarip@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> <snip> >>> >>> The list of spins at this moment in time is at: >>> >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Spins_Fedora_13 >>> >>> 9 of these are to be included in the Release, excluding Desktop and KDE >>> which for some reason are outside of the Spins SIG's processes completely. >> <snip> >> >> Why exactly are these two excluded from the spins process? > > I would imagine it's because in relative terms they have a very large > maintainer base in Fedora. The recurring spins process page[1] says > this: > > "This process safe-guards that at least somebody looks at the spin > itself as well as the Spin page, and prevents major changes to the > spin from going unnoticed. It is not like all recurring spins will > have to go through the entire review process step-by-step once more." > This step is in the process to ensure somebody looks at the spin, rather then make assumptions and exceptions to the process, based on the number of people we think may be involved in the Spin. > There are a (relatively) huge number of people providing this > assurance already. Is there appreciable value in adding more steps to > the process? > I would rather have the SIG be in a position to make the assumption that the Desktop and KDE spins are safe and well-cared of rather then the Fedora Project itself doing so, and I would want to eliminate the "exception to the normal process" for these spins so that we have one less exception to the rules. -- Jeroen -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
