Moblin spin MIA?

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Tue May 25 20:56:31 UTC 2010


Closing loop from my other delayed reply.

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:59:54AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 13:32 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > A few months back, the Board approved the Moblin spin for trademarks:
> > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-January/007869.html
> > 
> > I'm trying to find out what happened to the Moblin spin -- it doesn't
> > appear on our torrent or download lists.  I found a relevant thread
> > here that contained a pointer to the list of spins:
> > 
> > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/rel-eng/2010-February/009387.html
> > 
> > I don't recall there being any talk of dropping this spin, and it
> > still appears in our release notes, the wiki category
> > [[Category:Spins_Fedora_13]], and other announcements and such.  What
> > do we need to do to get it restored?
> > 
> 
> When I asked the spin sig what spins we were doing for F13, I was
> pointed to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/13/Spins  I used that
> as the basis for what spins I made for RCs.  I even posted a notice to
> the spins list 2 weeks ago asking them to verify the right stuff showed
> up and that they worked, and I got 0 feedback.

Yes, I saw that in the archives, and it's a fair point.

> I'm not inclined to produce something OMGRIGHTTHISMINUTE when the spin
> owners can't once within 2 weeks notice their stuff is missing.  Perhaps
> once the mirror storm dies down a bit I can create and post the Moblin
> spin, after it gets some testing.

I think that's also fair.  It would be much appreciated, since once
again Peter Robinson's Moblin spin is on the block.  I know he
responded at least once the week before the advertised RCs saying he
had been testing his spin, so that should factor into this as well.

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