On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:49 PM, Robert T. McGibbon <rmcgi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal < > chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > >> Given that we're starting now ( not a year or two ago) and it'll take >> a while for it to really catch on, we should go CentOS 6 ( or >> equivalent ) now? >> >> CentOS5 was released in 2007! That is a pretty long time in computing. >> > > I understand the concern, but I think we should follow the lead of the > other projects > that have been doing portable linux binaries (holy build box, traveling > ruby, portable-pypy, > firefox, enthought, continuum) for some time, all based on CentOS 5. > That's the point -- they have been doing it for some time -- some time ago, you really wouls want a version that old. The question is -- how many systems are there in teh wild now that are older than CentOS6? I have no idea how to even find out. But if we're starting somethign new, why start with what was appropriate 2+ years ago? -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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