Where is the position of FESCo/its successor now/during/after the merge

[Greg Dekoenigsberg]

Yes, Thorsten, I think you're spot on.

--g

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Rex Dieter wrote:

> Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> it seems people are not completely sure (¹) where the exact position and
>> role of FESCo and its successor is now, during and after the merge with
>> Core that was roughly outlined on the summit (and not yet official, but
>> let's leave that fact out of here for now). Thus it might be a good idea
>> to discuss this topic here to make sure we are all talking about the
>> same stuff when we talk about FESCo and it's position in the future --
>> there is afaics no need to go to much into the details, just the rough
>> direction should be enough for now afaics (I'll send out a more detailed
>> proposal how I imagine the FESCo future after this discussion is over).
>>
>> I understood it like this until now:
>>
>> - Core Packages move over to Extras
>> - Extras is renamed to something more generic -- let's name it "Fedora
>> Package Collection (FPC)" here for now
>> - FESCo will govern over all the packages and the rules around them;
>> will likely get a new name, too; maybe new members
>> - no Core, thus no Core cabal then; some/all people from it maybe get
>> integrated into FESCo
>> - the things that the Core cabal did and does (release process, bring
>> the tree in shape for release, plan feature to work on or the next
>> release, ...) somehow need to be done by FESCo then; probably by
>> sub-committees/groups (or something like that) that report to FESCo
>> - problematic topics can be moved to the Fedora Board for further
>> discussion/guidance (no, don't go into discussing details about this
>> just yet -- but we need that path probably)
>>
>> @Fedora Board: Is the above roughly correct?
>
> Your summary pretty much matches my expectations for the new FESCo.
>
> -- Rex
>
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