Re: [fab] New project formation is out of control

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Paul W. Frields wrote:

> No one has said much about Patrick's wiki page:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DefiningProjects 
>
> I agreed to drive this project definition problem... My personal
> viewpoint is that, like logo usage, we want to be generous but
> protective about the Fedora name.  I prefer that the "Ideas" listed in
> this page be promoted to "SIGs" since not only do we have a couple, but
> "Ideas" sounds a little dismissive.  "SIG" gives the contributors an
> immediate feeling of group ownership.  Once a SIG has more plans they
> can be owned by an official subproject until they are ready to move on,
> if that's necessary.  Input please?

(As I said somewhere else... (: ...) I agree with these sentiments to 
keep things simple and stick with only SIG/Project labels.  Otherwise, 
IMO, the only item in need of clarifying is who exactly does "Project" 
announcements (ie, the Board or the parent Project).

-- Rex