On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:02:27AM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
I know that's something of a straw man, but my point is that we
must
have some principles, and must work with upstreams to attempt to get
them to at least understand those principles. And we shouldn't give up
on that just because someone wants some program which is easily provided
by a copr anyway.
Well, we _have_ some stated fundamental principles, and Freedom is one
of them, while "de-bundle software!" actually isn't. In fact, as
Stephen suggests in the initial message, debundling is often in
conflict with Features and First.
That said, I do recognize that "provides high-quality packages" has
also always been an underlying Fedora value even if unstated. But, I
think that _that_ value should be in support of the Big Four, and in
support of our mission in general, not a sacred beast for its own sake.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader