Fedora Weekly News 187

[Paul W. Frields]

Markus,

This is off-topic for this list, but I hope some of the information
below helps you.

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 10:51:33PM -0400, Markus McLaughlin wrote:
> For one thing, you need a public key (gpg,) not everyone knows how
> to do that.

Where did you see this requirement?  A GPG key has not been required
for over a year and a half.  If you can point us to where you found
this erroneous guidance, we can fix it.

>  Another item is there should be a "dictionary" of all the terms
> said in discussions, so ppl can better understand them. 

The Documentation team produced a Jargon Buster some time ago:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jargon_buster

If you don't find something there you think should be, you can add a
blank entry to the page and ask someone to explain it to you, then add
it to the page.  What a great way to contribute!

> One thing that bugs me is if someone has an idea for a feature, why
> aren't there a means to tell the developers that yeah that's a good
> idea but/or okay, describe it to me, etc.

Have you had a chance to read the pages on the Feature process in
Fedora?  Each feature page describes the feature and what it does.
You can see a list of the current features for F12 here, and each
feature name links to the detailed feature page.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FeatureList

What do you not see on a feature page that you think would make it
more effective?

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