Respin (revisited)
Josh Boyer
jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org
Fri Aug 24 19:10:08 UTC 2007
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:57:57 -0500
Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:
> Can someone give me a technical definition of exactly what Fedora is
> considering a respin? Seems like a lot of people say "A respin is super
> top of cool shape in the world!!1!!one!" But I'm not quite sure what
> that means? Take the following three scenarios:
>
> Scenario 1) Using only software available on our mirrors, someone has
> created a respin and wants us to host it.
>
> Scenario 2) Using only software available on our mirrors, someone has
> created a respin by mixing our mirrors with some re-compiled software
> and wants us to host it. The main difference here is they have
> re-compiled one or two of our SRPMS with different flags *or* they've
> taken the F7 distribution and merged some SRPMS from rawhide in it.
> Again, this is all fedora software though it has been 'altered' in a way
> that is different from how we ship it.
>
> Scenario 3) Using software available on our mirrors as well as some
> backgrounds and templates available on a creative commons website (or
> some other Open Source content website) a user has created a respin and
> wants us to host it.
>
> Which of the above scenarios are we considering 'OK'?
All of them need Board ack before being called "Fedora".
> Second, when we agree that something is an official spin, answer the
> following questions:
> What are they asking us to do?
Allow them to use the Fedora name and logos?
> Is this a bootable CD/DVD?
> A live cd?
> Is this the RPMS and boot images?
> Could it be all of the above?
I think it can be all of the above...
> How does the user keep this re-spin up to date?
I don't understand that question.
> Is what we are storing just a diff of what they've changed?
> When do we stop hosting something, does it have the same release cycle
> as the rest of Fedora?
I don't think we've ever hosted a respin before.
josh
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