[fab] New project formation is out of control

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Aug 8 16:38:22 UTC 2006


Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:

> Here's the simplest possible guidelines I can imagine -- and the simplest 
> possible guidelines are almost always the best.  :)
> 
> 1. Community members are allowed to create Fedora SIGs.  Create them, 
> announce them, rally support around them.  Do whatever you like.
> 
> 2. Fedora Projects may *only* be announced by the Fedora Board.
> 
> 3. State this policy on fedora-announce-list, and make it prominent on the 
> wiki.
> 
> 4. Anyone who violates this simple policy will be corrected as quickly as 
> possible, and asked to go back to everywhere they announced it and 
> announce the corrected truth: "oops, I created a SIG, not a project.  
> Sorry."
> 
> Simplicty and consistency.  That's what makes rules stick.

Amen brother, +infinity

-- Rex




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