CentOS - Feb 2021 - Challenging times in trying to access oracle Linux documentation

On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 21:53:01 -0600
Valeri Galtsev wrote:
> I agree with your sentiment, John, but the fact that folks fled is due to
> CentOS (owned by RedHat, of course) doing. And they use most logical way
for
> their discussion: the CentOS refugees ask their kin in quite logical place:
> CentOS list, where they all were prospering in the past.
We'll see discussion of Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux ramping up on this
mailing list over the course of the next year for the above reason.  You can
stamp your little feet and say that such things don't belong here, or the
better option is to read what you're interested in and participate in the
discussions. Ignoring anything non-Centos and reading only Centos-specific
threads will likely be possible too if you really insist since a majority of
posters will probably put "Oracle" or "Rocky" or something
like that into their subject lines anyway.

Again, Centos/Rocky/Oracle all share a similar-to-identical codebase, so most of
what's applicable to one will likely be applicable to all so I don't see
it as being a big deal.

-- 
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com

On Feb 5, 2021, at 23:24, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net>
wrote:
> We'll see discussion of Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux ramping up on this
mailing list over the course of the next year for the above reason.  You can
stamp your little feet and say that such things don't belong here, or the
better option is to read what you're interested in and participate in the
discussions. Ignoring anything non-Centos and reading only Centos-specific
threads will likely be possible too if you really insist since a majority of
posters will probably put "Oracle" or "Rocky" or something
like that into their subject lines anyway.
That?s a poor argument,  you?re basically telling people that you can post about
any topic unrelated to CentOS, and people can just read the CentOS related ones.
1.) you assume people will clearly label their off topic threads and 2.) as
we?ve seen, those off topic threads often weave in and out of on-topic threads
until a moderator tells you to take it to another venue.

 You?ll dilute the usefulness of this list to the point that it will be
worthless for people who are interested in CentOS topics.  You want a generic
rhel clone list?  Create one and post an announcement about it. If you want to
talk about Rocky or Oracle Linux, use their lists. This list is for CentOS.

I?m not thrilled with the direction CentOS is going, but I?m not going to poison
the wells and salt the earth.  The CentOS list has value for on topic
conversation.
> Again, Centos/Rocky/Oracle all share a similar-to-identical codebase, so
most of what's applicable to one will likely be applicable to all so I
don't see it as being a big deal.
Perhaps there are going to be similar codebases, but the infrastructure and
politics around each will vary widely.  If you have a question that is codebase
specific, then just ask it without talking about the distro it came from, but as
soon as it becomes clear that it is infrastructure related, keep it on the
appropriate list.

? 
Jonathan Billings