Darktable Copr

[Richard Turner]

On 10 September 2015 at 14:45, Máirín Duffy <duffy at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> Okay, so from what I understand thus far then:
>
> 1) If I upgrade to F23, I will either be left with F22 darktable and get
> confused/frustrated when I try to upgrade it (eg when a new feature comes
> out tha tI want,) or I will be left with a system that I cannot upgrade at
> all (still an open question as to how obvious the workaround of removing
> darktable would be?)
>
> 2) The Design Suite is going to either (a) drop darktable (b) be dropped
> itself (c) massively overhauled to become a Fedora Remix.
>
> 3) Still don't understand the F23 experience of installing darktable.
>
> In terms of user experience, this simply sucks and makes me feel like
> slavish adherence to obscure packaging rules is more important than our
> user base.


As an interested user following the discussion this is how it looks to me
too.

Reading the transcripts of the FPC meetings where this was discussed, there
seems to be no thought given to what's in the best interests of Fedora's
users. Moreover, there's no discussion about if/how the status quo is
genuinely a problem (but perhaps that's because everyone present already
knew why). In fairness to Rathann, he seems to be of the opinion that's
there's no real problem but there is room for improvement, hence his
willingness to go with a temporary exemption, but he was overruled.

It's sad when bureaucracy trumps common sense.


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