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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 05:00:43PM -0400, robert mena wrote:> Hi, > > Despite the mailing list and twitter I did not find any updated info on > either versions regarding the current status. > > So, what is the current status of both versions? (like 60%)Your request just moved it back by 15% and 2 weeks, not to mention all the innocent kittens that were killed. John -- <sxem> trying to play sturgeon while it's under attack is apparently not fun. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110214/87aa4ad1/attachment.sig>
2011/2/14 robert mena <robert.mena at gmail.com>:> Hi, > Despite the mailing list and twitter I did not find any updated info on > either versions regarding the current status. > So, what is the current status of both versions? (like 60%)I wonder for a long time why there is no detailed information about the release status. For example: 1) Upstream 5.6 release 2) rebuilding packages (2-3 days) 3) CentOS patches (1-7 days) 4) QA (2-3 weeks) 5) distribution on the mirrors (3-4 days) 6) CentOS 5.6 Release A small roadmap would certainly help many users. Best regards, Morten
On 02/14/2011 09:00 PM, robert mena wrote:> Hi, > > Despite the mailing list and twitter I did not find any updated info on > either versions regarding the current status.I just finished pushing through the 5.6 distro tree's into the distro builders ( so isos get built etc and moved to qa ). Was hoping to have this done by the weekend but a series of unfortunate incidents ( like large scale hdd failures ) meant that things at the $dayjob got a bit hectic and this slipped a few days. - KB
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:05 PM, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote:> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 05:00:43PM -0400, robert mena wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Despite the mailing list and twitter I did not find any updated info on >> either versions regarding the current status. >> >> So, what is the current status of both versions? (like 60%) > > ? ? ? ?Your request just moved it back by 15% and 2 weeks, not to > ? ? ? ?mention all the innocent kittens that were killed. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?JohnI wish people would take these requests as: "Hey guys, I really love this project and I know there's a new version on the way. I've been following all the right places for news, but I just can't contain my excitement. Does anyone know when the next release is? I'm more excited about it than most people are about Apple's new iThing" ...and react accordingly. Instead, we get: Don't bother people. Get off my lawn. Go pay for it if you want it so bad. To be fair this thread hasn't been as bad as most, but reflecting some excitement is free. Anyway, here's my response: Hey man, I'm just as excited as you. I really want to see what C6 looks like and to start playing with it. I'm so happy there's a modern kernel and recent packages so I don't have to hunt them down. I think C6 is going to be really cool. I know the CentOS guys put in a lot of work and I have a lot of respect for them, but they're busy with real life too. KB posted something on his Twitter, but you know how deadlines can be. Stuff comes up. All we can really do is wait until it comes out. If you wanted to help out, here's a link for info on how to do that... [someone please fill in link here].
Perhaps I'm a little bit pragmatic, but.. I will upgrade to 5.6 when it's out - BUT I'm not really angry when CentOS 6 would be CentOS 6.1 - if you want to be beta tester for a large distibution you still can shift to Ubuntu.. GS -- Gerhard Schneider Institute of Lightweight Design and e-Mail: gs at ilsb.tuwien.ac.at Structural Biomechanics (E317) Tel.: +43 664 60 588 3171 Vienna University of Technology / Austria Fax: +43 1 58801 31799 A-1040 Wien, Gusshausstrasse 27-29 http://www.ilsb.tuwien.ac.at/~gs/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 253 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110215/33f6dd31/attachment.sig>
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Gerhard Schneider <gs at ilsb.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:> > Perhaps I'm a little bit pragmatic, but.. > > I will upgrade to 5.6 when it's out - BUT I'm not really angry when > CentOS 6 would be CentOS 6.1 - if you want to be beta tester for a large > distibution you still can shift to Ubuntu..There's not much wrong with the stoutest of horseradishes, as I learned from the parking lot of a restaurant one evening in .at --- you must know of what I write. N >, where N is larger than the CentOS team, are more likely to find more problems sooner with the proposed release if given the first clean compiles and that statement will become more true as the number of packages in the distro continues to increase. For example, on one machine, I run Ubuntu 11.04 Server Alpha 2 just for the potential joy of contributing back to the community what I might find. That opportunity is not met by current CentOS policy :(
There are lots of people in similar circumstances to Larry. He has a recognised medical syndrome. People get problems. Some do not know how to effectively tackle their major problem so stress increases to a significant and detrimental extent. Often the person is never fully aware of high stress levels they have. Just because someone looks 'normal' it does not mean they are not in someway suffering. A good example is someone suffering from an incurable illness with a year to live. Can anyone really identity their significantly shorted lifespan just by looking at them in the street as they walk by? Diversions into irritating behaviour are a classic example of someone desperately trying to avoid thinking about, and therefore dealing with, a major problem. The reason they try to avoid thinking about the problem is the very high stress levels associated with that problem. It is too much for them to handle. The diversionary behaviour is a form of 'stress relief' and ultimately a cry for help. Larry is very likely curable. He just needs to talk confidentially and openly to someone who can begin to help him. Often a problem shared is a problem halved *and* the stress levels are lowered. Larry, I know you will read this, talk to a friend - Get help. With best regards, Paul. England, EU.