Fedora Board Meeting Recap 2010-10-21 - special meeting

[Josh Boyer]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Christoph Wickert
<christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> === Dual-Layer DVD Ambassadors' Request ===
>> * Board isn't opposed to the idea, but dislikes the timing of the
>> request, well past feature freeze
>
> This is not a feature as it does not meet any of the definitions given
> in the feature policy. Therefore the normal ambassadors schedule for
> media production applies and we were in time with that schedule - at
> least we were until it got delayed.

This might not seem like a feature to you, however Fedora has a long
history of being very hesitant about changing the types of media
offered or required.  This probably has to do with older versions of
Linux performing poorly in the optical media area, the often explained
lack of availability of such media and computers in various regions of
the world, and the impact on the test matrix and storage requirements.

So it might not fit the exact definition of a feature, but it's
certainly something that is going to be evaluated carefully.

>> ** Mega DVD is available for review:
>> *** torrent: http://sspreitzer.fedorapeople.org/torrents/
>> *** direct download: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/mega-dvd-test/
>> ** Major concerns are:
>> *** Needs to be built on Fedora infrastructure
>
> Shouldn't be a problem.

You keep saying this, and you also say the tools are in Fedora.  That
is excellent.  This is a rather long thread, so maybe I've missed it
but can you point to exactly what those tools are and how to use them
to produce this?  Saying it can be done is one thing, but rel-eng will
need to know how if you want this produced.

>      * Corresponding Source Code Compliance
>
> I had no idea we are doing such thing ad obviously it has not been done
> for quite a while.

That is not the case.

josh