Updates Vision clarification / status

Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Mon Aug 9 12:58:35 UTC 2010


On 07/23/2010 11:55 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> I'd like to propose modifying the statement somehow.
> Perhaps something like: 
> 
> Stable releases should strive to provide a consistent user experience throughout
> the lifecycle, focusing on bug and security fixes. 

I'm not a fan. I think this is roughly the policy that we have today,
which has caused so much strife. Surely, there will be exceptions, but
this wording makes the exception the rule.

Or, to put it blunt, if you say "should" and "strive to", you need to
realistically replace with "won't".

~spot


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