consequences when a feature gets dropped (Re: FESCo Meeting Summary for 2008-09-17)

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 18.09.2008 14:13, Josh Boyer wrote:
> == Summary ==
> === Features ===
 > [...]
> As an added note, the following Feature pages have not been updated.  They
> need to be updated before Beta or they will be dropped as Features:
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterStartup
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EFI
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FirstAidKit
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GNOME2_24
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GoodHaskellSupport
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/HDTVEnhancements
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OnlineAccountsService
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RPM4.6
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SaveToBugzilla
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Sugar
> ** https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TimeZoneAndLocation

What exactly are the consequences if a Feature "will be dropped"? It 
sounds a bit like a threat and as something bad. But is it really?

What for example will happen if the owners of the feature GNOME2_24 
don't update the page. Will rawhide switch back to Gnome 2.22? Won't 
Gnome 2.24 be mentioned at all in the release notes? Will it not get any 
QA? Will we stick to Gnome 2.24 in F11? Will Spot send his nijas (¹)?

CU
knurd

(¹) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/TomCallaway/Ninjas