Where we are and where do we what to go?

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 07.03.2009 15:48, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> We nevertheless IMHO once again should ask in public (blog and 
>> spins-list maybe?) if somebody want to do a KDE spin with RPM Fusion 
>> before we do one with Gnome -- then we can point users that complain 
>> "why don't you hvae a KDE spin" there and tell them "nobody volunteered".
> Read my release notes. It already answers this question.

What do you mean? 
ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/spins/README.Omega-10-Release-Notes doesn#t 
contain the word "KDE" afaics. Or do you mean the "Do you plan on do 
other variants?" part?

Whatever: If we want to do a spin as RPM Fusion project then I'd much 
prefer if we tell the world something like "hey, a RPM Fusion Fedora 
reminx with Gnome is prepared and we'd like one with KDE as well, but 
don't have anyone working on yet", just to make sure nobody yells at us 
later.

>> But again: We don't allow packages that haven't been reviewed. Why 
>> should we allow spins that haven't been reviewed?
> There is no question of allowing anything.

I thought you wanted to make it a kind of official RPM Fusion remix? 
Isn't that the point of the whole discussion? I assume you do. Then we 
IMHO need to review it, similar to how spins are reviewed in Fedora afaics:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Process
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_SIG_Review_Checklist

> The remix already exists and 
> people are using it.  The only decision is to let the project use the 
> rpmfusion volunteer mirrors or not.

I for one think we should follow the fedora rules when it comes to spins 
(or remixes in this case) just like we follow the Fedora rules elsewhere 
as well. The reasons for that IMHO are similar as in Fedora: it's the 
projects reputation that rises or falls with the quality of spins we host.

Not to mention legal aspects. The question
"""
- what to put on the servers aka *legal considerations*: What does it
require from RPM Fusion? Do we need to host the SRPMs from Fedora to
make sure we comply to the GPL even if the Fedora server drop of the net
tomorrow?
"""
in
http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/2009-March/004090.html
wasn't answered yet afaics.

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> Again,  anyone is welcome to participate. In the absence of 
> participation, I still intend to continue to get things done. 

You are free to do so and I really appreciate your efforts.

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CU
knurd