Re: [SL-Users] Re: Scientific Linux 7 ALPHA
On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 06:14:05AM -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: There was already a copy in my local rsync mirror, and I'm happy to install from there and keep the lod off your servers. Getting the alpha into people's hands this quickly is one of the reasons I've come to personally prefer Scientific Linux over CentOS. Oh come, now. The C7 builds have been public and installable for how long now? John -- mharris You have to wonder why monosyllabic is not one syllable, and why phonetic isn't spelled the way it sounds. pgpxAgMKqpLHL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SL-Users] Re: Scientific Linux 7 ALPHA
Looks like the first usable C7 builds were around the 18th (didn't realize they were out, just decided to check) and sound a little rougher (at least when first released) than SL7. However, the C6 builds took a very long time compared to SL6... One question... Is it expected to be able to upgrade to non beta from the current alpha, or will a reinstall be required once it is out of beta? - Original Message - From: John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com To: scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 7:51:18 AM Subject: Re: [SL-Users] Re: Scientific Linux 7 ALPHA On Fri, Jul 04, 2014 at 06:14:05AM -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: There was already a copy in my local rsync mirror, and I'm happy to install from there and keep the lod off your servers. Getting the alpha into people's hands this quickly is one of the reasons I've come to personally prefer Scientific Linux over CentOS. Oh come, now. The C7 builds have been public and installable for how long now? John -- mharris You have to wonder why monosyllabic is not one syllable, and why phonetic isn't spelled the way it sounds.
Fwd: [SL-Users] Re: Scientific Linux 7 ALPHA
Accidentally responded only to John, here is my note for the list. -- Forwarded message -- From: Nico Kadel-Garcia nka...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [SL-Users] Re: Scientific Linux 7 ALPHA To: John Lauro john.la...@covenanteyes.com On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 9:19 AM, John Lauro john.la...@covenanteyes.com wrote: Looks like the first usable C7 builds were around the 18th (didn't realize they were out, just decided to check) and sound a little rougher (at least when first released) than SL7. However, the C6 builds took a very long time compared to SL6... One question... Is it expected to be able to upgrade to non beta from the current alpha, or will a reinstall be required once it is out of beta? The CentOS beta builds are not on the public mirrors. SL is, in the 7rolling repository. SL started out with a real handicap, having to deal with the new git.centos.org structure. And the CentOS nightly build packages are not GPG signed!!! That leaves the possibility of a man-in-the-middle proxy replacing any, or all of the packages as people download them.
