Re: RFE: Retire Fedora Core 4 only _after_ FC6 has been released.

[Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 freenet de>]

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 04:24 -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 22:07 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>FC X goes legacy when FC Z test 2 gets released. Always been policy. 
> >>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ
> > 
> > Pardon, but is Fedora under RH's dictatorship and has to take RH's
> > decisions for granted? Or is Fedora a "community driven project" and
> > decisions are subject to the community?
> 
> Community discussion influences decision making, however one person,
> or a handful of people coming forward and demanding something does not
> mean that the demands will be agreed to and used simply because someone
> demanded it.
If you were been reading fedora-list@, you'd know that this request
isn't a single individual's request. Check fedora-list@'s archive from
earlier this week and you'll probably know.

>   Likewise, simply because someone's idea, request, feature
> enhancement, etc. may not get accepted by the project, it doesn't mean
> the project isn't open to discussion and community involvement.
Is it? I regret to say this, but this isn't necessarily my impression on
RH's role in Fedora.

Ralf