This is just a heads up that 3.8 does not look ready to download. There are 3.8 files at the CentOS mirrors, but the files (including the iso images) are constantly changing or disappearing. It looks like the hard-working diligent CentOS workers are making some last minute changes before getting CentOS 3.8 out the door. I presume that there will be a posting made to this list when 3.8 is ready--I hope this doesn't end up like 3.6, when the files are uploaded but not a peep on the mailing list nor webpage that a new 3.x release of CentOS has been made. I know most people are probably using 4.x, but I prefer 3.x because I know the software on this release is guaranteed to be present in any more modern Linux distro (maybe as an updated version); CentOS 3.x is the oldest codebase being currently maintained for any free Linux distro. - Sam
Whilst 3.8 may be syncing to our mirrors, and may show up on some of them, it is not released until we announce that it is released. Lance -- uklinux.net - The ISP of choice for the discerning Linux user.
On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 17:40 +0000, Sam Trenholme wrote:> This is just a heads up that 3.8 does not look ready to download. > There are 3.8 files at the CentOS mirrors, but the files (including the > iso images) are constantly changing or disappearing. It looks like > the hard-working diligent CentOS workers are making some last minute > changes before getting CentOS 3.8 out the door. I presume that > there will be a posting made to this list when 3.8 is ready--I hope > this doesn't end up like 3.6, when the files are uploaded but not a > peep on the mailing list nor webpage that a new 3.x release of CentOS > has been made. > > I know most people are probably using 4.x, but I prefer 3.x because I know > the software on this release is guaranteed to be present in any more > modern Linux distro (maybe as an updated version); CentOS 3.x is the > oldest codebase being currently maintained for any free Linux > distro. > > - SamSam ... we will announce when it is ready :) You mean this for 3.6 (pretty sneaky how we hide that stuff in the announce list :) : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-November/012349.html ------------------------------------- For a reason why things are changing ... look here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2006-August/msg00072.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202446 There is no working rescue mode on the upstream el3u8 right now ... there will be one on CentOS-3.8 before we release. Hopefully someone appreciates the effort we take in testing our releases and not just rubber stamping it out the door like some of the other rebuild projects. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060824/8617f8e2/attachment-0002.sig>
On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 21:21 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 17:40 +0000, Sam Trenholme wrote: > > This is just a heads up that 3.8 does not look ready to download. > > There are 3.8 files at the CentOS mirrors, but the files (including the > > iso images) are constantly changing or disappearing. It looks like > > the hard-working diligent CentOS workers are making some last minute > > changes before getting CentOS 3.8 out the door. I presume that > > there will be a posting made to this list when 3.8 is ready--I hope > > this doesn't end up like 3.6, when the files are uploaded but not a > > peep on the mailing list nor webpage that a new 3.x release of CentOS > > has been made. > > > > I know most people are probably using 4.x, but I prefer 3.x because I know > > the software on this release is guaranteed to be present in any more > > modern Linux distro (maybe as an updated version); CentOS 3.x is the > > oldest codebase being currently maintained for any free Linux > > distro. > > > > - Sam > > Sam ... we will announce when it is ready :) > > You mean this for 3.6 (pretty sneaky how we hide that stuff in the > announce list :) : > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-November/012349.html > ------------------------------------- > For a reason why things are changing ... look here: > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2006-August/msg00072.html > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202446 > > There is no working rescue mode on the upstream el3u8 right now ... > there will be one on CentOS-3.8 before we release. Hopefully someone > appreciates the effort we take in testing our releases and not just > rubber stamping it out the door like some of the other rebuild projects.---- totally appreciated - thanks Craig
Johnny Hughes wrote:> > Hopefully someone appreciates the effort we take in testing our releases and not just > rubber stamping it out the door like some of the other rebuild projects. >Let me put it this way - if I was a rich man, you (Centos) would be a rich man. =-) -- dnk