Stable Release Updates types proposal (was Re: Fedora Board Meeting Recap 2010-03-11)

[Al Dunsmuir]

Hello Kevin,

On Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:41:53 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:

> Andrew Haley wrote:
>> Because we don't despise our users.  I don't, anyway.

> If we don't despise our users, we shouldn't let them use crap like third-
> party connectivity software which isn't even packaged properly. :-)

Kevin,

Put bluntly, it is not your system. You didn't pay for it, and you are
not  responsible for providing the time and effort to maintain it. You
are  supplying  software,  for free, that they may choose to use.

You  don't  have  the right to prevent anyone from using anything they
damn  well  please... even KDE. If they have a need to run third-party
software it is outside of your area of control. Deal with it.

Once  of the reasons it is called free software is that folks are free
(as  in  freedom)  to  do what they want with it. That includes making
mistakes because they do something wrong or ill advised.

Similarly,  they  don't  have  the  right  to  demand  that  you  drop
everything  and  fix  a  problem of their own making. They can request
that you fix legitimate problems within your packages, but are subject
to your ability and choice to do so.

Al