FPL steps down: what's the real story?

[Chris Tyler]

On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 13:07 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> I've been a bit late to get to the Distrowatch weekly this week but I
> finally heard about Paul Frields, the Fedora Project Leader, stepping
> down.
...
> So, I was wondering if somebody who followed the matter could just
> drop a few lines explaing what the real story is.

Better yet, Paul can answer your questions directly (he's here on this
list).

There's no conflict behind this change; Fedora tends to switch FPLs
frequently, and this is quite routine. The FPL role has high demands in
terms of energy, hours, and travel, and in fact, Paul has overseen more
releases than any of his predecessors. Past FPLs usually continue with
Red Hat, often with the Community Architecture team:

	https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FPL

-Chris