Fedora 7

[Warren Togami]

Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> 
> So?  My comments weren't about gnome versus kde.  I have no reason to
> expect other than that portions of the project which receive the
> greater number of developers from wherever in the community will make
> the most progress.  My comments are about whether Red Hat plans to be
> just a part of the community, and your comments seem to answer than in
> the negative.  Which is directly contradictory to what other folks
> from Red Hat have been saying.
> 

More broadly... Fedora is not a democracy.

Fedora is a meritocracy.

Those who have done good work and the respect of their peers gain 
greater credibility in the project.  These people who have earned trust 
from others exist at varying levels within the organization help to make 
decisions.

Red Hat employees just happen to have many inputs into the Fedora 
Project as part of their regular jobs.

One issue however that I see with this, is historic lack of 
inter-communication between the RH Desktop team and the community.  The 
recent explosion on fedora-art-list is a salient example of this kind of 
conflict.  A perceived corporate "outsider" who had not attempted to 
participate in the community prior, appeared suddenly with a 
heavy-handed power play, attempting to subvert the already in-progress 
community process.  I did not appreciate David's attitude in that 
instance, and I think David has blown his response in this thread out of 
proportion.

Really, please folks, just calm down.

Fedora Desktop and Fedora KDE spins.  Is that really so bad?

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com