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[Julien Olivier]

> It's *definitely* not that simple nor hard-line of a decision 
> process, and probably never will be.  There are _many_ factors 
> that go into deciding what will be in core and what will not be 
> in core.  Different packages may have different factors that 
> contribute to their inclusion or exclusion, and a rule that 
> causes one package to be excluded might not weigh high enough 
> for another package depending on that own package's merits and 
> other factors.
> 
> Removal of pine for example, did not set a rule that we now will 
> remove all text based email clients.  Each and every application 
> is subject to a variety of generic baseline qualifications for 
> wether it should be in Core or not, as well as individual 
> considerations based on the app itself, and other similar apps in 
> the distribution, security, technical matters and other 
> considerations, and that also includes community input as well 
> of course.
> 
> The important point I'm trying to make though, is that no single 
> rule can be hardline applied across all software, except for 
> certain specific situations such as "legal issues" and whatnot.
> 
> We obviously want wherever possible to reduce application 
> duplication of functionatlity, but not in a way major way that 
> totally changes the entire project upside down, or sends 99% of 
> users running looking for a new OS.
> 
> More rational suggestions are definitely welcome, and more likely
> to be considered seriously than radical enigmatic
> change-the-world ones.
> 
> It's a good idea before making a suggestion, to also go to the
> http://fedora.redhat.com website and review the stated project
> goals/mission statement material and determine if a particular
> suggestion is in line with the project's published goals, or way
> off base.
> 
> There are lots of good suggestions passing by on the list, which 
> is nice to see, but yours falls short.

Well, I'm really sorry. I didn't think I would be taken that seriously.
I was just stating what I felt would suit me, maybe not what would suit
the majority of Fedora users.

-- 
Julien Olivier <julo at altern.org>