Following is more information on the PROPOSED Spins process.
As we move forward I think the first place we need to have agreement is that while a "spin may be a feature of a release" it is confusing to refer to them as "Features" in the traditional Fedora sense. Therefore they should simply be referred to as "Spins" or "Fedora 11 Spins". From the previous thread I realize there is lots of past history around this topic. I'd propose we focus our energy on moving forward to creating something that can work for Fedora 11 versus rehashing the "whys" of the past.
After meeting last Friday at FUDCon there was still not a well laid out process around how all the details for each spin would be tracked. A few of us talked more on Sunday and came up with a proposed process. It mirrors the Feature Process in the way wiki pages and categories are used and deviates from it by using a different Spins page template and different required approvals.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Process http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/misc/spins-process-flow-v1.png https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_New_Spin_Page_Template
I am volunteering to act as the "Spins Wrangler" for Fedora 11 if the Spins SIG would like me to--no hard feelings if they prefer someone else :)
I expect this will all be discussed at Monday's meeting. If you have proposed changes or other ideas I'd suggest adding them to the wiki page so they don't get lost on this mailing list. https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Spins_Process
John
John Poelstra wrote:
Following is more information on the PROPOSED Spins process.
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After meeting last Friday at FUDCon there was still not a well laid out process around how all the details for each spin would be tracked. A few of us talked more on Sunday and came up with a proposed process. It mirrors the Feature Process in the way wiki pages and categories are used and deviates from it by using a different Spins page template and different required approvals.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Process http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/misc/spins-process-flow-v1.png https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_New_Spin_Page_Template
I am volunteering to act as the "Spins Wrangler" for Fedora 11 if the Spins SIG would like me to--no hard feelings if they prefer someone else :)
I would very much like you, John, to be the Spins Wrangler.
I expect this will all be discussed at Monday's meeting. If you have proposed changes or other ideas I'd suggest adding them to the wiki page so they don't get lost on this mailing list. https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Spins_Process
Thank you John for the awesome process diagram, and helping us getting this set up.
Kind regards,
Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip