hi everyone, I know this update has been a bit delayed, things have been pretty hectic. But lots of good updates for everyone: Distro -------- * Updates for CentOS Linux 5/7 : All updates from upstream are released into the CentOS mirror network. * Upstream 6.7 was released a few days back, we have all the rpms from that release built and released to the early-adopters into the CentOS-CR repos ( ref: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR ); lots of people have applied these updates and there are no major reports of issues so far. If you are one of the people running with CR, please let us know if you hit any issues. * Updates released to EL6 since 6.7 was released are also rolled into CR/ so if you are running this repo, you would be updated all the way. * We have a first cut of the ISOS for CentOS-6.7 ready and in QA, there are a couple of package changes, and we need to tweak the content that ends up on DVD1 Vs/ DVD2 to make sure we can still retain max installs from just DVD1. I aim to have these done and available to the QA folks in the next day or two, with the intention to release early next week to mirror.centos.org. * Another key piece that we've been working on is the AltArch SIG; The aim of this Special Interest Group is to help build and help maintain CentOS Linux on other architectures than what the Core group is able to do. Our first major build there is for the ARM 64bit platform called Aarch64. CentOS Linux 7 has been in beta there for a few weeks and is nearing the end of the beta term. If you have an ARM 64 bit platform, we would appreciate feedback on the distro. ref: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/2015-July/000309.html -------- Other: * the SCL sig has been making great progress, we now have their use cases fully supported in cbs.centos.org; Honza posted an update recently on their status for the devtools-3 effort at : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-July/013682.html * Some of our GSoC Students have been blogging at http://seven.centos.org about their projects and the great work they are doing in their areas. Its worth a read through. -------- Tip: there are some great installation tips and tricks on the wiki at http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart - and we maintain a collection of community contributed kickstarts at https://github.com/CentOS/Community-Kickstarts - its a great resource to get ideas for your own kickstarts, and also a fantastic place, with a low barrier for people to contribute their own tips and kickstarts! -------- Engage: As some of you might already know, I've been running office hours every Wed at 16:00 UTC and every Thu at 08:30 UTC over in #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net; you also have the option to call me on the phone for a chat during these times. The last few weeks have been really fruitful, with many great conversations. If there is anything you want to talk about or have questions around the CentOS ecosystem, feel free to drop in. Office hours are run as a open house, free question and answer sessions. regards, -- Karanbir Singh, Project Lead, The CentOS Project +44-207-0999389 | http://www.centos.org/ | twitter.com/CentOS GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc
On 29/07/15 12:45 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:> hi everyone, > > I know this update has been a bit delayed, things have been pretty > hectic. But lots of good updates for everyone: > > Distro > -------- > * Updates for CentOS Linux 5/7 : All updates from upstream are > released into the CentOS mirror network. > > * Upstream 6.7 was released a few days back, we have all the rpms from > that release built and released to the early-adopters into the CentOS-CR > repos ( ref: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR > ); lots of people have applied these updates and there are no major > reports of issues so far. If you are one of the people running with CR, > please let us know if you hit any issues. > > * Updates released to EL6 since 6.7 was released are also rolled into > CR/ so if you are running this repo, you would be updated all the way. > > * We have a first cut of the ISOS for CentOS-6.7 ready and in QA, there > are a couple of package changes, and we need to tweak the content that > ends up on DVD1 Vs/ DVD2 to make sure we can still retain max installs > from just DVD1. I aim to have these done and available to the QA folks > in the next day or two, with the intention to release early next week to > mirror.centos.org. > > * Another key piece that we've been working on is the AltArch SIG; The > aim of this Special Interest Group is to help build and help maintain > CentOS Linux on other architectures than what the Core group is able to > do. Our first major build there is for the ARM 64bit platform called > Aarch64. CentOS Linux 7 has been in beta there for a few weeks and is > nearing the end of the beta term. If you have an ARM 64 bit platform, we > would appreciate feedback on the distro. ref: > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/2015-July/000309.html > > -------- > Other: > * the SCL sig has been making great progress, we now have their use > cases fully supported in cbs.centos.org; Honza posted an update recently > on their status for the devtools-3 effort at : > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-July/013682.html > > * Some of our GSoC Students have been blogging at > http://seven.centos.org about their projects and the great work they are > doing in their areas. Its worth a read through. > > -------- > Tip: there are some great installation tips and tricks on the wiki at > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart - and we maintain a > collection of community contributed kickstarts at > https://github.com/CentOS/Community-Kickstarts - its a great resource to > get ideas for your own kickstarts, and also a fantastic place, with a > low barrier for people to contribute their own tips and kickstarts! > > -------- > Engage: As some of you might already know, I've been running office > hours every Wed at 16:00 UTC and every Thu at 08:30 UTC over in > #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net; you also have the option to call me > on the phone for a chat during these times. The last few weeks have been > really fruitful, with many great conversations. If there is anything you > want to talk about or have questions around the CentOS ecosystem, feel > free to drop in. Office hours are run as a open house, free question and > answer sessions. > > regards,Thanks for taking the time to send this update. As a user, it is reassuring to hear how progress is coming behind the scenes. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015, Karanbir Singh wrote:> hi everyone, > > I know this update has been a bit delayed, things have been pretty > hectic. But lots of good updates for everyone: > > [...snipped, sadly...]KB, Thank you, for the message and all the work behind it! It's all very encouraging. -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/
On 07/29/2015 06:45 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote:> hi everyone, > > I know this update has been a bit delayed, things have been pretty > hectic. But lots of good updates for everyone: > > Distro > -------- > * Updates for CentOS Linux 5/7 : All updates from upstream are > released into the CentOS mirror network. > > * Upstream 6.7 was released a few days back, we have all the rpms from > that release built and released to the early-adopters into the CentOS-CR > repos ( ref: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR > ); lots of people have applied these updates and there are no major > reports of issues so far. If you are one of the people running with CR, > please let us know if you hit any issues. > > * Updates released to EL6 since 6.7 was released are also rolled into > CR/ so if you are running this repo, you would be updated all the way. > > * We have a first cut of the ISOS for CentOS-6.7 ready and in QA, there > are a couple of package changes, and we need to tweak the content that > ends up on DVD1 Vs/ DVD2 to make sure we can still retain max installs > from just DVD1. I aim to have these done and available to the QA folks > in the next day or two, with the intention to release early next week to > mirror.centos.org. > > * Another key piece that we've been working on is the AltArch SIG; The > aim of this Special Interest Group is to help build and help maintain > CentOS Linux on other architectures than what the Core group is able to > do. Our first major build there is for the ARM 64bit platform called > Aarch64. CentOS Linux 7 has been in beta there for a few weeks and is > nearing the end of the beta term. If you have an ARM 64 bit platform, we > would appreciate feedback on the distro. ref: > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/2015-July/000309.html > > -------- > Other: > * the SCL sig has been making great progress, we now have their use > cases fully supported in cbs.centos.org; Honza posted an update recently > on their status for the devtools-3 effort at : > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-July/013682.html > > * Some of our GSoC Students have been blogging at > http://seven.centos.org about their projects and the great work they are > doing in their areas. Its worth a read through. > > -------- > Tip: there are some great installation tips and tricks on the wiki at > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart - and we maintain a > collection of community contributed kickstarts at > https://github.com/CentOS/Community-Kickstarts - its a great resource to > get ideas for your own kickstarts, and also a fantastic place, with a > low barrier for people to contribute their own tips and kickstarts! > > -------- > Engage: As some of you might already know, I've been running office > hours every Wed at 16:00 UTC and every Thu at 08:30 UTC over in > #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net; you also have the option to call me > on the phone for a chat during these times. The last few weeks have been > really fruitful, with many great conversations. If there is anything you > want to talk about or have questions around the CentOS ecosystem, feel > free to drop in. Office hours are run as a open house, free question and > answer sessions. > > regards, >Hi, thank you for the update, really appreciated! BTW do you have any news about the CentOS 7 32-bit, discussed some time around CentOS 7 release? Found this blog: http://www.karan.org/blog/2013/12/15/where-is-the-i686-in-rhel-7/ Thanks //Zdenek
On 07/30/2015 07:13 AM, Zdenek Sedlak wrote:> > BTW do you have any news about the CentOS 7 32-bit, discussed some time > around CentOS 7 release?Yes, there's a beta out for the past month or so: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-June/013426.html Peter
On 07/29/2015 10:23 AM, Digimer wrote:> On 29/07/15 12:45 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> hi everyone, >> >> I know this update has been a bit delayed, things have been pretty >> hectic. But lots of good updates for everyone: >> >> Distro >> -------- >> * Updates for CentOS Linux 5/7 : All updates from upstream are >> released into the CentOS mirror network. >> >> * Upstream 6.7 was released a few days back, we have all the rpms from >> that release built and released to the early-adopters into the CentOS-CR >> repos ( ref: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR >> ); lots of people have applied these updates and there are no major >> reports of issues so far. If you are one of the people running with CR, >> please let us know if you hit any issues. >> >> * Updates released to EL6 since 6.7 was released are also rolled into >> CR/ so if you are running this repo, you would be updated all the way. >> >> * We have a first cut of the ISOS for CentOS-6.7 ready and in QA, there >> are a couple of package changes, and we need to tweak the content that >> ends up on DVD1 Vs/ DVD2 to make sure we can still retain max installs >> from just DVD1. I aim to have these done and available to the QA folks >> in the next day or two, with the intention to release early next week to >> mirror.centos.org. >> >> * Another key piece that we've been working on is the AltArch SIG; The >> aim of this Special Interest Group is to help build and help maintain >> CentOS Linux on other architectures than what the Core group is able to >> do. Our first major build there is for the ARM 64bit platform called >> Aarch64. CentOS Linux 7 has been in beta there for a few weeks and is >> nearing the end of the beta term. If you have an ARM 64 bit platform, we >> would appreciate feedback on the distro. ref: >> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/2015-July/000309.html >> >> -------- >> Other: >> * the SCL sig has been making great progress, we now have their use >> cases fully supported in cbs.centos.org; Honza posted an update recently >> on their status for the devtools-3 effort at : >> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-July/013682.html >> >> * Some of our GSoC Students have been blogging at >> http://seven.centos.org about their projects and the great work they are >> doing in their areas. Its worth a read through. >> >> -------- >> Tip: there are some great installation tips and tricks on the wiki at >> http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart - and we maintain a >> collection of community contributed kickstarts at >> https://github.com/CentOS/Community-Kickstarts - its a great resource to >> get ideas for your own kickstarts, and also a fantastic place, with a >> low barrier for people to contribute their own tips and kickstarts! >> >> -------- >> Engage: As some of you might already know, I've been running office >> hours every Wed at 16:00 UTC and every Thu at 08:30 UTC over in >> #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net; you also have the option to call me >> on the phone for a chat during these times. The last few weeks have been >> really fruitful, with many great conversations. If there is anything you >> want to talk about or have questions around the CentOS ecosystem, feel >> free to drop in. Office hours are run as a open house, free question and >> answer sessions. >> >> regards, > > Thanks for taking the time to send this update. As a user, it is > reassuring to hear how progress is coming behind the scenes. >Yes it is! :) -- -------------------------------------------- MzK ?The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.? --Lao Tzu