• Fedora Verified: a proposal to recognize Fedora contributor status

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Wed Apr 22 06:40:09 2026

    The Fedora Project has been wrestling with the question of who should be able to vote in
    Fedora elections recently, with project membership being a major topic at
    the Fedora Council face-to-face held in early February. Now the
    project is considering a new contributor status, "Fedora Verified",
    and is looking
    to get input on the idea from the community.

    What are the proposed benefits? The primary motivation behind
    "Fedora Verified" is to build trust-based recognition that grants
    elevated, privileged rights within the project. Most notably, this
    status would determine eligibility for strategic governance
    activities, such as:

    Voting in Fedora community elections.
    Running for leadership or decision-making roles within the project
    (i.e., Fedora Council, FESCo, Mindshare Committee, EPEL Steering
    Committee).
    (Potential, unplanned) Accessing specific shared project resources
    or educational opportunities (e.g., Red Hat training credits).

    The blog post includes a list of proposed baseline metrics for
    "Verified" status as well as open questions to be decided. A survey
    on the topic will be open until May˙5.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1068861/
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