Fedora 7

[David Zeuthen]

On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 14:51 -0500, Warren Togami wrote:
> fedora-art-list is not a democracy, but rather a meritocracy.  

It is not. It's run by very loud people who are not afraid to resort to
personal attacks and forming fractions and alliances.

> The vast 
> majority of the work there has been done by volunteers, with Máirín 
> Duffy doing most of the community outreach and communication.  Not 
> everyone there has equal decision making power.  Those who have done 
> work and gained respect from others gain greater authority.  From merit, 
> some clear community leaders have emerged like Nicu Buculei.

"Communication" is not the only deciding factor. I think the work on
that list is not up to Fedora release quality. As the maintainer of the
artwork packages plus dealing with graphics people both in this and past
jobs I can make that statement. I doubt that you can.

(This is harsh, but sorry, Warren pushed me to say such things.)

> This is NOT YOUR DECISION.  This is the Board's decision.

I know, but I am free to disagree with the board. I think they are
trading quality for building "community". They are in this case, I
think, hurting the quality of Fedora by turning the art selection
process into a democracy. It's a shame and it makes believe less in the
board.

> I will discuss this in public, because the Fedora Project should be 
> transparent and open.

You are just naive (and you should know better) that this is a good
forum to discuss such matters in. Most of the issues in this case are
personal so it's even bad form to bring it up here. You should be really
ashamed of yourself Warren. I'm positive no constructive discussion can
follow so I'm replying to any of your replies. Thanks.

      David