feature process should require release notes/docs

[Jon Ciesla]

> In preparation to asking FESCo to amend the feature process, I'd like to
> find out if there is going to be an uprising from y'all against the
> idea.
>
> Currently, the feature process does not specifically require release
> notes or documentation, nor provide for FESCo to block a feature because
> of missing or poor feature documentation.  We think the feature
> policy[1] should be amended[2] to require this.
>
> It is clear in the spirit and the letter of the current policy that some
> amount of content from the feature owners is required.  The policy makes
> these related points:
>
>         * It's a feature, we're trying to make noise about it, and the
>         rest of the world needs meaningful content about the feature
>
>         * One of the specific goals of the feature process is to make
>         release notes easier to create, as well as more accurate
>
>         * Completing all the parts of the feature process demonstrates
>         the commitment to seeing the feature through to release
>
> What could be covered in a release note is documented here:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/WhatToDocument
>
> Never seen that page before?  It is linked from here:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Process
>
> Thanks for your attention to this.  A great distribution is made even
> greater by the quality of its documentation.  The Fedora release notes
> have been an outstanding community effort for many years.  The process
> we have created in Docs allows a small effort from many of you[3] to
> snowball into the best release notes of any Linux distribution.

+1

> - Karsten
>
> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Policy
>
> [2] Specific amendments:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Policy#Proposing_Official_Features
>   First sentence:  should => must
>   Item 11: Note added:  "This item cannot be made ''not applicable''."
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Policy#Dropping_Features
>   Add a bullet that reads:  "Feature stand-alone wiki page is
> incomplete."
>
> [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats
>
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