Why does it take so long for new (gimp, kernels, openoffice) packages to reach the stable repo ?

[Andras Simon]

On 10/17/08, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm waiting for gimp2.6, kernel 2.6.27 and open-office 3.0.  If I am not
> mistaken, there are a couple evolution releases that haven't been
> accepted either.
>
> All of these packages have been released for general distribution
> outside of the Fedora community.   Why does it take so long for them to
> be accepted into the Fedora stable repo ?
>
> Are they unstable and do they need bugfixes or what ?


https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_Review_Process
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines

These should give you an idea, I think.

Andras