On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 19:11 -0400, Horst H. von Brand wrote:
Why couldn't this much (little?) be told the world when it was discovered? I believe the rampant speculation around this issue has done much more to damage Fedora than anything that could have come out of this announcement.
I agree that rampant speculation is bad, which is why we encourage people not to engage in it in the absence of facts. Nevertheless, open discussion *is* encouraged, and sometimes those two precepts simply come into conflict. Someone asked this question on FAB list, which I've answered in the following thread:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2008-August/msg00083.ht...