On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 06:45 -0600, Jim Perrin wrote: > > We cannot dictate what 3rd parties do, and we'll very likely have to > go through a period of proving to them that becoming a SIG and/or > working together is a good idea. There's quite a bit of tension about > this from many past experiences. Working together is a *great* idea, but specifically in the context of third-party repositories, I'd personally see it more as a manpower issue (and mostly on their/our side). Regarding the past tensions, I'm really hopeful that in view of the recent exciting news, the most prominent sources thereof will become something of the past. -- Sincerely yours, Yury V. Zaytsev