Recapitulate the current state of Fedora Extras and some ideas to make it better

[Rahul]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Rahul schrieb:
>> Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>>   * Why isn't the Fedora Directory Server still not in Extras?
>> I had already brought this up recently in a board discussion. Will 
>> start a new one in the the Fedora advisory board list.
> 
> tia
> 
>>>   * Discussions within FESCo and with the community are working often in
>>> acceptable ways on the lists and on IRC most of the time, but often
>>> nothing happens after the discussion is over and things remain unclear
>>> and undecided.
>> Assign a owner to keep track of every agenda item.
> 
> Yes and No.
> 
> Yes: All things on the Extras/Schedule need to have a owner. This is one 
> thing that I hope works better with the new FESCo -- Jobs simply didn't 
> get assigned to anyone often because there were not enough people 
> interested in driving things forward.

Then leave it open and marked unassigned.

> 
> No: Not all discussions should be added to the schedule cause we might 
> soon end up with to much stuff on the schedule that without getting the 
> most important things done.

Which is why schedules have a priority.


> 
>>>   * we need a defined and documented policy to get definite answers for
>>> open legal question
>> Kindly contact the Fedora advisory board where our counsel is a 
>> member. Call this policy.
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board
> 
> We need to discuss things first. Warren seems to be the one to contact 
> when there are issues. But that's nowhere documented (and might be wrong)

Its already documented who the legal contact is clearly

http://fedora.redhat.com/About/contact.html

If you think that isnt working, the advisory board list is a open path. 
What exactly is the concern here?



> 
>>>   * Long-Term Fedora Extras contributors should get a small reward now
>>> and then: A Pen, Sticker, T-Shirt, LWN subscription, ...
>> Another item for FAB. I will start a discussion.
> 
> tia!
> 
>>>   * close the gap between Core and Extras as far as possible
>> Would be quite useful to document every single difference between core 
>> and extras somewhere so that we can tackle this as we move along. Can 
>> someone do this?
> 
> Hmmm. Yeah, it might make sense. But we, the Extras community, don't 
> have much influence or knowledge about the details or plans to close the 
> gap (or merge the two).

You dont require any knowledge about the future plans to merely document 
the differences. Still I dont mind owning this but then I need to bug 
someone with more extras repository knowledge than me to help me out.

Rahul