Yes, I agree with Matt. I'm pretty quite on the list until I have a problem, but I do try to submit complete info to help resolve the issue. The list and specifically Geoffroy has helped me out several times. I understand fully how unthankfully volunteer work is and how often people think that because you help out because you like the project, get the idea that you are a paid personal support person just for them.
Thanks for your hard work Geoffroy!!! See-ya Mitch On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 20:50 -0400, Matt Ketterer wrote: > People seem to forget where these distributions came from, thank you > geoffroy. If I had more of a computer science background, I would be > willing to help. I am a member of this list because I recognize it's > usefullness. If people aren't willing/able to contribute, then how > about help us in ways to test? help break the learning curve between > users and contributers. > > I think it is foolish to say that a project is doomed to fail because > of the need for testing. That's why we have a list, I hope. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:13 PM, <geoffroy.val...@free.fr> wrote: > This kind of negative and non-constructive feedback only push > me in one direction: do whatever I want without paying > attention to any kind of feedback. As it is today, i am paying > attention to Olivier Lahaye feedback and requirements because > he is the only one who actually try to help. > > I am not paid to work on OSCAR, i do this on my free time so > like for any other similar projects: you are not happy? then > contribute. It is easy to criticize, everybody can do it. When > it is about to be part of the solution, as usual, everybody > disappear... > > PS: Debian _never_ has been the primary distribution, thanks > to not do strong statements. > > ----- Mail original ----- > De: "Chuck Ritter" <cfr...@psu.edu> > À: oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Envoyé: Samedi 7 Juillet 2012 20:15:43 > Objet: Re: [Oscar-users] Is Oscar DEAD??????? > > > OSCAR may not have died, but it is not thriving. > > The popularity (and usefulness) of OSCAR has dwindled since > the > emphasis of development has changed from adding HPC > functionality > (schedulers, monitors, reports, etc) to adding > multi-distribution > support. With this change the lag has grown in the support for > new > releases. Worse yet... this will continue because of the > nature of the > required testing (write once, test everywhere). To top it off, > during > this process the "primary" distribution has changed from RPM > based > systems to debian. > > What would make OSCAR thrive is new support for additional HPC > functionality: > > Hardware detection > GPU support > NUMA scheduler configuration support > Single System Image (or better dynamic SSIs) > Infiniband configuration support > Clustered filesystem support > more authentication methods > Ganglia reporting of Infiniband, GPU, etc > Default node types (login nodes, filesystem nodes, GPU nodes) > etc. > > > Just my two cents. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security > and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest > in malware > threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security > and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest > in malware > threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users -- Mitchell Baker <mdba...@rose-hulman.edu> Rose-Hulman Institite of Technology IAIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list Oscar-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
