[Fedora-spins] Decision regarding Fedora Scientific

Amit Saha droidery at gmail.com
Sat Oct 8 09:15:58 UTC 2011


Hello Chris:

On 10/08/2011 07:48 PM, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 05.10.2011, 23:22 +1100 schrieb Amit Saha:
>> Hello all:
>>
>> F16 beta is out. I was wondering if there will be any 'decision' taken
>> on the custom spins. I am specifically interested about Fedora
>> Scientific [1].
>>
>> I updated the KS file sometime back, so its "beta" quality now. I intend
>> to do a blog post/wiki page entry soon describing all the tools included.
>>
>> In the meanwhile, it would be great to know any particular update I
>> should be looking forward to.
>
> Hi Amit,
>
> as the spins wrangler I have to apologize for not looking at your spin
> earlier. First I was not aware of it because I don't get any updates
> when somebody moves a spin to 'read for Wrangler' state, but I should
> have responded directly after the mail you sent me recently.
>
> I have now done an initial review of the spin and added my questions and
> concerns to
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Scientific_Spin#Initial_spin_review

Thanks for this. I have added my response on the same page and addressed 
your concerns. Kindly let me know if there is anything else.
>
> You say the spin is now in Beta quality, but by now it should already be
> ready. From Fedora's beta release on we need nightly composes for
> testing, but ATM the spins page is not even complete.

By "beta" quality, what I meant is Fedora 16 beta quality, since the 
spin uses packages from the F16 repository.

>
> As I did my part in delaying this spin, I am willing to give it a try
> even though we are way too late. But we need to move on ASAP and this
> means that the wiki page needs to be really ready in order for the spins
> SIG to vote on the spin.

I hope the spins page looks good now.

Thanks!
-Amit


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