Starting with Fedora 15, the building of some of the custom spins now happens within the Fedora infrastructureWe got our Koji build server to actually build the live images directly inside of our build system," Smith said. "It just made more sense to get those spun up at the same time that we put out the main release, rather than having to go through a manual process after the release was finished.
Smith explained that the customized Fedora spins have been organized by the spins special interest group (SIG) within the Fedora community. In terms of how the Fedora project determined which spins would be included on release day, Smith noted that the spins SIG identified which spins are being actively maintained and testedIf we create a spin and no one is using it or testing it, it may not be ready for release on release day," Smith said. "If it's something that has a community behind it then it's much more likely that it will get voted up by the spin SIGFrom Smith's perspective, having the spins available is a key part of expanding the market for Fedora LinuWe wouldn't go through the effort of building the spins if we didn't think they were useful for both building our community and to give people a creative outlet to do what is best for them," Smith said. "It's really hard to make a one size fits all operating system, so we found that the spin process allows people to be more focused on what part of the operating system they want.
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