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* What is the Board's role?
* What is the Board's role?
** Set a defining vision for the Project and enable other groups to work toward it, without excluding those who want to do other things
** Set a defining vision for the Project and enable other groups to work toward it, without excluding those who want to do other things
* (Combined) Issues with spins (Can spins change enough of the distro, "target audience")
** Answers: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mdomsch/SWG_Spins
* Is there a default spin?
* Is there a default spin?
** Yes, the default offering is the "Live Desktop" image
** Yes, the default offering is the "Live Desktop" image
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* How is the Fedora distribution defined?  Is it a universe of packages, a specific spin, or is it something else? '''(Chris)'''
* How is the Fedora distribution defined?  Is it a universe of packages, a specific spin, or is it something else? '''(Chris)'''
** '''FIXME''': need URL
** '''FIXME''': need URL
* SIGs Spins, and Remixes '''(mdomsch, walters)'''
** Can SIGs / Spins define their own target audience? [[User:Walters/SpinsSigsRemixes_TargetAudience]]
** Can SIGs / Spins change the distribution sufficiently within the scope of what we permit by today's guidelines to effectively reach that target audience? [[User:Walters/SpinsSigsRemixes_ChangeDistribution]]
** Should SIGs be creating spins or remixes?
* If the "Desktop Spin" is the default offering, does this mean the Desktop team defines the user experience for all of Fedora? '''(Paul)'''
** what if some SIG disagrees?
* Is it possible for there to be a different default offering for Fedora?  Why or why not? '''(Paul)'''
* Is it possible for there to be a different default offering for Fedora?  Why or why not? '''(Paul)'''
** [[User:Pfrields/Current default offering]]
** [[User:Pfrields/Current default offering]]

Revision as of 19:21, 29 March 2010

This page catalogs unfinished board business.

For each issue we need filter each issue through this criteria:

  1. Have we resolved the issue?
    • If so, where?
    • If not, why not?
  2. Was the answer complete enough?

Issues

Issues should live in one of the two sections below:

Addressed Issues

  • What is the target audience for the Fedora Distribution? (Paul)
    • (reference Paul's response) http://lwn.net/Articles/358865/
    • This decision needs a stand-alone wiki page for ready reference--we shouldn't be referring to mail archives for things like this
    • User base - done
  • What is the Board's role?
    • Set a defining vision for the Project and enable other groups to work toward it, without excluding those who want to do other things
  • (Combined) Issues with spins (Can spins change enough of the distro, "target audience")
  • Is there a default spin?
    • Yes, the default offering is the "Live Desktop" image
  • Does letting thousands of contributors do what they want have a negative impact on our OS? (Mike)

Un-Addressed Issues

Initiatives