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Fedora Rethinks Community Initiatives After AI Desktop Backlash (linuxiac.com)
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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

According to the Fedora Council, the AI Developer Desktop proposal exposed deeper problems with the current process. The Council said the Community Initiatives framework has failed to provide a good space where new ideas can surface, receive respectful feedback, and gain support when they fit Fedora’s present or future direction.

As a first step, the Fedora Council will immediately pause the Community Initiatives process. This pause affects only the process, not overall Fedora development.

Sure reads like "we don't care if the entire community is against it, we're doing this anyway and there won't be any new features until we finish"

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

the AI Developer Desktop proposal is closed under this process

Instead, the Fedora Council says that if the AI Desktop work matures, it can follow the existing path toward becoming an official Fedora offering. That would first require a Council ticket for trademark and branding approval, followed by a Fedora Change Proposal for technical review by FESCo. Until then, the proposal remains an independent exploration rather than an official Fedora offering.