Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 10:26 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: >> Ralf Corsepius wrote: >> > IMO, it's only a matter of time until somebody will screw KDE and >> > nobody will feel responsible - Up to now we all had RH's KDE maintainer >> > to blame, but then we won't have him. >> >> I take it, then, you don't have much faith in Extras *at all*. > Well, whether you like it or not, Fedora leadership so far has not given > me much reason for faith in them ... I'm sorry you feel that way. I'd love to hear what you think could be done to improve things. >> The same >> argument can be made against everything in Extras. > Not quite. It's the size of KDE and its complexity is what makes the > difference - I strongly doubt a couple of "ambitious young man" will be > able to handle it. I take it, then, as a challenge to remove your doubts. >> >> > 3. It would close out RH from a technology >> >> >> IMO, simply being in Extras != "close out RH from a technology" >> >> > 1. RH != Fedora !!! >> >> true! Which puzzles me why you mentioned it, because it appears to weaken >> the original assertion even more. > Why? I said, *RH* is decoupling itself from what others consider a core > component - If *they* think this is wise, ... well, I think they are in > error. RH is free to choose whatever bits from Core, Extras (+others) to form RHEL. >> > 2. There are no FE CDs. >> Coming soon! (Or at least a method to create customizable Fedora >> installation media using your choice of bits from Core+Extras). > See above. I've read to many false promises from Fedora leadership to > give any trust in any such promise before I have it in my hands. I think I see a trend here... you may be placing too much emphasis on Fedora leadership (and "promises"), when in fact, much (most!) of the work/support here needs to happen in the *community*. -- Rex
