On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:21:04 -0400, Toshio wrote:
> I would say the goal here should be to make Extras as close to
Core as
> possible in the user-visible ways. The Core/Extras split has more to do
> with who is doing the organization. The Fedora Project core team
> (whatever that is - steering committee or whatever) manages the Core
> release, tracks showstoppers, sets schedules, etc. etc.
>
> The Extras releases on the other hand are done by other teams, the
> example on
http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/terminology.html
> is a "Fedora Extras HPC" release, presumably there's a group of
people
> into HPC providing that.
Makes sense but seems to contradict what Warren has been saying is the
eventual "status" of Extras. What I get from reading Warren's postings
is that fedora.us _is_ Extras but not officially. This means one
project which hosts a saner, more organized, higher quality
contrib.redhat.com.... The idea I see expressed in terminology.html
(and Michael Tiemann's post) is that Extras is a meta-project which
encompasses numerous other (possibly overlapping) sub-projects to add
(and subtract) from Fedora to make it more suitable for niche
applications.
This is what I thought as well when reading his attachment, and the
thought of a reincarnation of Red Hat Contrib sent shivers down my
spine. But:
"Not conflicting with each other" and "100% consistent with Fedora
Core"
does not allow any "overlapping".
For reference, let me quote from Mr. Tiemann's attachment:
Fedora Extras: the maximal universe of packages that
* include all Fedora Core packages
* meet open source and legal requirements
* are 100% consistent with Fedora Core
* are 100% consistent (not conflicting) with each other
* preference for packages that are state-of-the-art
* preference for packages that have strong community support
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