On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 17:42 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Peter Gordon wrote: > > Ralf Corsepius wrote: > >> On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 14:26 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > >>> 1. Extras really should not be regarded as a "second class citizen" to > >>> Core in the first place, and > >> I wouldn't be sure. Though I on one hand agree that RH's work on KDE has > >> not been a "proof of exellence", on the other hand, I think, a couple of > >> overly ambitious KDE hackers in Extras could be harmful. > > It's not just those "overly ambitious KDE hackers" though. Remember that > > Extras packages must go through a strict community review of packaging > > quality and must follow strict and specific guidelines to pass this. > > Also, nearly every extras packager (as I understand it) watches the > > fedora-extras-commits list, and so we as a community could quickly pick > > out if and/or when a packager is doing something inappropriately or > > incorrectly. > > As far as I know, Ralf is the only one that actively watches > fedora-extras-commits these days. Well, I am browsing the batch of mails having piled up, ca. every 2nd week and occasionally comment on very ugly things I notice creeping in ;) > I've seen very little evidence of > anyone else reading it anyway. Yes, the FESCo Gods in their incomprehensible wisdom had decided they wanted a separate list, now they've got what wanted: Basically a list archive, nobody reads. I told them before, but they refused to listen ;) Ralf
