Stability and Release Cycles - An Idea

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 14:28 +0100, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
> * Ralf Corsepius [22/12/2008 13:51] :
> >
> > Right, implementing a fork is the last resort, when an opensource
> > project's leadership doesn't want listen.
> 
> That's not true.
> 
> We've discussed this idea several times and, when people are told that
> they need to show there's a group of contributors to this project before
> infrastructure is dedicated to it, they don't fork the updates, they
> start whining and making up a whole bunch of excuses to justify not
> doing the work.

We are turning in circles - It's a hen and egg problem.

FESCo brushes off volunteers, the @RHs (here A.C) gun-down any
volunteers, ... what do you expect prospective volunteers to think?

Patrice already turned away from Fedora, I for one have significantly
cut down my involvement into Fedora and am considering to further cut it
down.

Ralf