Re: AW: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing?
There might be no need to be sad, I think. Simple principles should prevail - and if with such a change we will get bigger user base, more developers working more closely together, the same one Bugzilla for everything then.. it can only be better for the software, better for everybody. Especially when so much is shared already. Everything else, any differences can, should always be discussed then agreed upon, only if people are willing. bw. On 12/01/16 09:51, Andreas Mock wrote: Indeed a very interesting question, I will follow the answers. I was and I am very happy with the work done in SL 6.x. So I'm sad to see that there might be a change in direction. Best regards Andreas -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner- scientific-linux-users@listserv.fnal.gov] Im Auftrag von lejeczek Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 10:48 An: SCIENTIFIC- LINUX- USERS@ FNAL. GOV Betreff: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing? hi everybody, I've wondered and got curious, what do you guys, gals think about that move? More importantly do you think it's a step we SL users should also consider? CERN mention there were talks between them, Fermilab - what are Fermilab plans with regards to future releases, with regards to SL in general? (Not much info on the website.) I personally am just about to trial a migration from SL7 to Centos. I'm thinking it's inevitable, am I wrong? best wishes.
RE: AW: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing?
We have just started our migration to SL7x. We did make the call on whether to go with Centos or not for 7x. For me, the slightly greater ease of staying with SL for the migration; the minimalist elegance of the the SL website and support structure; and no experience at all with Centos outweighed any perceived benefits of switching. Interestingly, CERN has rolled their own Centos anyway. Thank you, SL people. Tim Kanuka Canadian Light Source From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov on behalf of lejeczek Sent: January 12, 2016 5:15 AM To: Andreas Mock; SCIENTIFIC- LINUX- USERS@ FNAL. GOV Subject: Re: AW: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing? There might be no need to be sad, I think. Simple principles should prevail - and if with such a change we will get bigger user base, more developers working more closely together, the same one Bugzilla for everything then.. it can only be better for the software, better for everybody. Especially when so much is shared already. Everything else, any differences can, should always be discussed then agreed upon, only if people are willing. bw. On 12/01/16 09:51, Andreas Mock wrote: > Indeed a very interesting question, I will follow the answers. > I was and I am very happy with the work done in SL 6.x. So I'm sad > to see that there might be a change in direction. > > Best regards > Andreas > > > >> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- >> Von: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner- >> scientific-linux-users@listserv.fnal.gov] Im Auftrag von lejeczek >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 10:48 >> An: SCIENTIFIC- LINUX- USERS@ FNAL. GOV >> Betreff: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing? >> >> hi everybody, >> >> I've wondered and got curious, what do you guys, gals think >> about that move? >> More importantly do you think it's a step we SL users should >> also consider? >> CERN mention there were talks between them, Fermilab - what >> are Fermilab plans with regards to future releases, with >> regards to SL in general? (Not much info on the website.) >> I personally am just about to trial a migration from SL7 to >> Centos. I'm thinking it's inevitable, am I wrong? >> >> best wishes.
Re: AW: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing?
On 01/12/2016 04:09 PM, Tim Kanuka wrote: We have just started our migration to SL7x. We did make the call on whether to go with Centos or not for 7x. For me, the slightly greater ease of staying with SL for the migration; the minimalist elegance of the the SL website and support structure; and no experience at all with Centos outweighed any perceived benefits of switching. Interestingly, CERN has rolled their own Centos anyway. Not really: - we added an additional repository to the installer (for site-specific tools) - we changed repository definitions to point to our servers (and not centos mirrorlist) - and we push updates in 'bunches' to these repos once per week (except for critical security ones) other than the above it is just CentOS .. Best Regards Jarek __ --- _ Jaroslaw_Polok ___ CERN - IT/CM/LCS _ _ http://cern.ch/~jpolok tel_+41_22_767_1834 _ __+41_75_411_9487 _
