On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> wrote:
>> People keep comparing the Openmoko project(s) to the iPhone,
>> also--quite unfavourably. Mainly, I think, it's just because the
>> iPhone `appeared fully-formed' ...
>
> Well, in al
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
> People keep comparing the Openmoko project(s) to the iPhone,
> also--quite unfavourably. Mainly, I think, it's just because the
> iPhone `appeared fully-formed' ...
Well, in all fairness, there have been a lot of FOSS zealots talking
u
Joshua Judson Rosen writes:
>
> Bill McGonigle writes:
> >
> > Still, all kinds of providers go through leadership changes and ousters
> > all the time - this one is being done open-source style. That seems to
> > have some media people freaked out.
>
> The whole `open-ness' idea still seems to
Bill McGonigle writes:
>
> Still, all kinds of providers go through leadership changes and ousters
> all the time - this one is being done open-source style. That seems to
> have some media people freaked out.
The whole `open-ness' idea still seems to be `new and unsettling' to a
lot of people;
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Paul Lussier wrote:
>> The various files that control package management explicitly mention
>> centos.org as the master all over the place.
>> Debian zealots, note that APT has the same problem.
>
> Please explain how so. I've maintained internal Debian mirrors ...
Ben Scott writes:
> Debian zealots, note that APT has the same problem.
Please explain how so. I've maintained internal Debian mirrors for
years which all my internal systems pointed to for package updates. The
master, internal mirror server pointed at MIT's Debian repository, not
debian.org.
On Aug 3, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Flaherty, Patrick wrote:
> Spacewalk is sorta like wsus, machines check in tell you what their
> patch level is. You can approve new patch levels and push them out to
> the machines. It's the upstream for RedHat network, but it is rather
> centralized.
Two minor clarif
> >>> ... control of the domain name ...
> >>> So, trust and brand value are at risk.
> >>
> >> ... massive organizational clusterfsck that would ensue ...
> >
> > You should be using a local mirror!!! Update one rsync script and
> > you're done.
>
> The various files that control package manag
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Flaherty, Patrick wrote:
>>> ... control of the domain name ...
>>> So, trust and brand value are at risk.
>>
>> ... massive organizational clusterfsck that would ensue ...
>
> You should be using a local mirror!!! Update one rsync script and you're
> done.
The v
[Ben gently reminded me I forgot to hit 'reply-all']
On 07/30/2009 06:01 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
> Is CentOS incorporated? If not, there is no write-off.
Hrm? I mean they probably can't expect to ever recover it.
> It's just
> that all their benefactors who gave them money will now be very
> c
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Bill
> McGonigle wrote:
> > ... control of the domain name ...
> > So, trust and brand value are at risk.
>
> That, and the massive organizational clusterfsck that would
> ensue if they had to switch to a different domain name.
> Everyone from the top down
I saw that earlier, and it is great news.
On 08/01/2009 08:47 AM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> There's an update today:
>
> "The CentOS Development team had a routine meeting today with Lance Davis
> in attendance. During the meeting a majority of issues were resolved
> immediately and a working agreem
There's an update today:
"The CentOS Development team had a routine meeting today with Lance Davis
in attendance. During the meeting a majority of issues were resolved
immediately and a working agreement was reached with deadlines for
remaining unresolved issues. There should be no impact to any C
Lance and the CentOS team have provided a very valuable service to the
entire Linux community throughout its existence by making an enterprise
(specifically RHEL) Linux available to those who need it, but can't
afford the pay for the full enterprise package. I would hope that Lance
does reconcile w
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> ... control of the domain name ...
> So, trust and brand value are at risk.
That, and the massive organizational clusterfsck that would ensue if
they had to switch to a different domain name. Everyone from the top
down to a sysadmin with
Seems like the key issue is control of the domain name, which was taken
'private registration' a few months ago. Without it, the project can't
keep their commitment to their users of n years worth of updates. So,
trust and brand value are at risk.
I suspect their PayPal account can be written o
I heard he is visiting Hans Reiser :-)
On 07/30/2009 11:36 AM, Michael ODonnell wrote:
> Anybody know anything beyond what's mentioned in this open letter
> to CentOS's Lance Davis signed by a number of key CentOS players?
>
>http://www.centos.org/
>
>
--
Jerry Feldman
Boston Linux an
Sounds like they had one person (Lance Davis) who was the sole
operator for certain key resources (namely the domain name and the
Paypal donation account), and he's gone inactive.
This is why GNHLUG has a Board of Directors. Disorganized, slow,
and ineffectual we may be, but there's more than
A number of the developers have posted some information on their personal
blogs. The CentOS Planet has a number of them in their aggregation:
http://planet.centos.org/
-Shawn
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Michael ODonnell <
michael.odonn...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Anybody know anything beyon
>Anybody know anything beyond what's mentioned in this open letter
>to CentOS's Lance Davis signed by a number of key CentOS players?
>
> http://www.centos.org/
Ah. Some further info here:
http://www.h-online.com/open/Growing-unrest-within-the-CentOS-project--/news/113889
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