On 9/2/2011 6:29 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
On 09/02/2011 12:21 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>
> Hum ... I find it a difficult proposition to ask users "to step up and
> do it" when the march of progress indicates that it wasn't the users
> that asked for this change.
That may well be the case and Fedora doesn't really have a choice in
that matter either however "voting" for it isn't really going to
bringe resources necessary to extend the updates cycle. It still
requires a group of people to work together to do it. Changes in
Fedora as is common with free and open source projects happen because
people volunteered and contributed their time and effort. I don't
personally have a need for extending the updates cycle but if there is
a team of people interested in that, I would be happy to do my
part. I just don't see a whole lot of people interested in that
however.
Rahul
Rahul:
First, I think this "voting" is not really a true "vote" as Fedora /
Gnome hasn't put anything out there to vote on. To me, its more of a
polling to catch sense of user base. Its just one of many threads that
have expressed concern over Gnome3 in Fedora.
I completely understand and agree that it is a matter of resources and,
in a volunteer situation, there needs to be a critical mass of
volunteers who wish to do it rather than something else. The real
question in your answer is obvious enough that I need to answer it. I
haven't volunteered as I am not qualified to be able to make a positive
contribution (I am certain I could break alot of stuff and nobody wants
that).
So long as all of these threads about Gnome3 and Fedora 15 are catching
the ears/eyes of the developers, I am crossing my fingers that F16 will
address issues the user base is expressing so that the Linus-blanket of
continued support for F14 will be a moot point.
Thanks,
Paul