[$] Fedora ponders a "sandbox" technology lifecycle

Fedora Project Leader (FPL) Jef Spaleta has issueda "modest proposal" for a technology-innovation-lifecycle process that would provide more formal structure for adopting technologies inFedora. The idea is to spur innovation in the project without having an adverseimpact on stability or the release process. Spaleta's proposal issomewhat light on details, particularly as far as specific examples ofwhich projects would benefit; however, the reception so far is mostlypositive and some think that it could make Fedora more "competitive" by being theplace where open-source projects come to grow.