Feature template update [was Re: Anaconda is totally trashing the F18 schedule...]

[Matthew Miller]

On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 02:09:21PM -0400, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
> > That sounds good. Maybe recast those ideas as three levels?
> >  - Critical Path Feature
> >  - Other Enhancement Feature
> >  - New Leaf Feature
> We were thinking with a few folks more about "Self contained feature"
> but yeah, there's a lack of real definition.

I think "Leaf" is better than "Self contained", since it's unlikely for the
feature to have zero outside dependencies. I think it'd be fine for such a
feature to rely on small changes to existing packages (version updates,
say).



> Other thing is - these "Self contained features" could be approved
> implicitly once are announced on devel list (in cooperation with
> Feature Wrangler). Features that requires integration etc. will be
> still approved by FESCo, but idea is to offload amount of work from
> FESCo so they can give more time to track these features. Not to
> bother with leaf features or enhancements. And as these should be
> very visible (thanks to announcement) anybody could escalate any
> feature to the FESCo for discussion/explicit approval.
> 
> That's the idea, I promised my prposal delivered to FESCo before
> Beta ;-) But you know, moving target....
> 
> Any suggestions are welcomed!
> 
> Jaroslav
> 
> 
> > I think this is nice for presenting the list of features overall,
> > actually,
> > both on the web site and in the eventual release notes.
> > 
> > I also still like the idea of some other basic checkbox options which
> > encourage people to clarify the wider implications of the feature.
> > 
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