time for a "Fedora Core Steering Committee"? (was Re: [fab] Fw: [Bug 174307] RPM 4.4.6 is available)

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Stephen John Smoogen schrieb:
> Sorry, I am trying to show a systematic problem with communication
> that needs to be looked at by the board. It is a problem that has been
> brought up internally multiple times at RH when I was there.. and your
> answer is pretty much the stock one: "We just got this problem, and
> have had 2 days to fix it... "
> 
> I am talking about a general problem with communication. [...]

Well, we have Fedora Extras, Ambassadors, Docs, Legacy -- all
communicate in the open and have meetings on IRC. Summaries from the
meetings get post to the list.

But Core is still a black hole. No public meetings. No real discussion,
things just happen and even I'm sometimes wondering how/when some things
got decided. No real informations what is happening and what's planed,
only some small things get to the public. No influence from the Community.

In other words: Maybe it's time for a "Fedora Core Steering Committee"
that operates similar to FESCo? E.g. regular and public IRC meetings
(where things like this RPM sage can be brought up and discussed),
Meeting summaries, discussions on a public list (maybe it needs to be
operate similar to FAB, e.g. invite only and a readonly archive for the
public?) ...? It would be okay for me if only Red Hat people are on the
"Fedora Core Steering Committee" for now until Extras and Core get
closer together, but such a Committee would be start into the right
direction IMHO.

Just my 2 cent. And yes, I suspect some Core developers won't like that
idea very much because it's probably a lot more operation overhead...

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