Blend Fedora Objectives (was Re: Again: EOL Policy for Fedora Extras)

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Am Sonntag, den 19.02.2006, 02:42 -0500 schrieb Warren Togami:
> Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> > 
> > And then we have the same problem that Fedora Legacy currently has taken
> > to Fedora Extras (Legacy) -- it works, but it has a bad (or "not the
> > best") reputation because it sucked in the beginning.
> > 
> > Do we want that? I would prefer a EOL call over a badly working Fedora
> > Extras Legacy.
> > 
> 
> I don't agree here.  We should at least give the community a chance to 
> maintain the collection, and EOL or retirement only happens if the 
> community fails on a particular distribution.  I have a feeling that FE3 
> will continue to have users long after FE4 for various reasons for example.

I fully agree that we should give the community a chance to maintain the
collection. But earlier in this thread I got the impression "start a
fedora extras legacy even if it is foreseeable that it will suck and
fail" -- I don't like that idea to much.

CU
thl
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Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora at leemhuis.info>