Response to "Getting Fedora Out of the If-Then Loop"

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Fri Feb 19 22:05:45 UTC 2010


On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 03:55:05PM -0600, Mike McGrath wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> 
> > Am Freitag, den 19.02.2010, 11:50 -0500 schrieb Josh Boyer:
> > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 05:25:08PM +0100, Thomas Janssen wrote:
> >
> > > >Because they get pushed out by reading over and over again how
> > > >unwanted they are? That's exactly the impression i get.
> > >
> > > Where are they reading that?  Could you point me to an email or
> > > wiki page or document from the Board, FESCo, the Spins SIG, the
> > > Ambassador's group, or any of our other groups that says we don't
> > > want developers of other environments?
> >
> > There is no official document that says this, but there is at least one
> > board member who claimed that "spins are a detriment to Fedora". He
> > didn't outline why he thinks so, but the statement still stands. And it
> > hurts, at least for the people who work on the different spins.
> >
> 
> :: sigh :: I can't wait to not be on the board again so I can express an
> opinion.  Is F13 out yet?  When are the new elections?

You certainly get to express your opinions, Mike.  Every once in a
while I guess we need to point out that unless we specifically say
otherwise, each of us speaks for himself.  Misconceptions about that
have happened before and will probably happen again, let's move on.

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