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

[Matthew Woehlke]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> On 03/12/2010 04:36 PM, Thomas Janssen wrote:
>> And i disagree here. People like that have to face that Fedora or any
>> similar distro isn't for them.
>
> I don't see why you want to continue pushing off users instead of
> working out a method that satisfies more users.

Ubuntu's method satisfies more users, that is why they use Ubuntu. 
People¹ use Fedora because it is leading edge. If we sacrifice that 
identity, then people¹ won't have any reason to use Fedora over Ubuntu.

(¹not everyone, true, but we've shown that there /are/ such people)

Personally, I know I would rather use Ubuntu (larger user base) than 
Fedora, if it weren't for Fedora's leading edge policy.

I am curious why the folks on the 'stable' side think that throwing out 
one of Fedora's distinguishing qualities to make us look more like 
Ubuntu will give us more users. Usually you don't win people over by 
imitating the competition, but by offering something unique.

Maybe by chasing "stable" you will find more users, but I think you will 
lose adventurous users in the doing. I also think that the sort of user 
you are likely to pi^H^Hirritate are the ones more likely to contribute, 
and the ones you are going to attract are more likely to be 
uncontributing leaches.

Thomas Janssen wrote:
> I have read all this mega-threads and i haven't found just a single
> argument why it's good for Fedora to change away from what we are.

+10 to that!

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