Progress at CentOS

[Posted August 1, 2009 by corbet]

The CentOS front page now has this text: "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." Additionally, the centos.org domain shows a pending transfer to the CentOS Project. The project has a number of issues to work out yet, but things seem to be headed in the right direction.

Progress at CentOS

Posted Aug 1, 2009 19:36 UTC (Sat) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link] (1 responses)

Excellent news, CentOS is extremely useful for those who don't need the support provided by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.

Progress at CentOS

Posted Aug 3, 2009 0:48 UTC (Mon) by gdt (subscriber, #6284) [Link]

But also a demonstration of why you may prefer to do business with a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.

Progress at CentOS

Posted Aug 2, 2009 6:10 UTC (Sun) by b7j0c (guest, #27559) [Link] (2 responses)

what happened to the project funds? mention of them seems to be missing, and on the centos page there is a request that people hold off of making new contributions, which leads me to believe...

Progress at CentOS

Posted Aug 2, 2009 7:18 UTC (Sun) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link] (1 responses)

I would not read into it too much about the funds. They could have it back, or not. I don't know anything about what is going on.

But regardless, if I was a CentOS so-and-so I would not be willing to accept any new donations until CentOS had a sort of trust or not-for-profit something setup were money didn't go to somebody's personal bank account.

Progress at CentOS

Posted Aug 2, 2009 8:43 UTC (Sun) by simosx (guest, #24338) [Link]

If you read the announcement, it already mentions that people should refrain for now from making donations. Apparently until the issue with the funds clears up.

Progress at CentOS

Posted Aug 3, 2009 2:39 UTC (Mon) by frazier (guest, #3060) [Link] (1 responses)

Whois results in chronological order (shortened for space reasons):

Domain ID:D103409469-LROR
Domain Name:CENTOS.ORG
Created On:04-Dec-2003 12:28:30 UTC
Last Updated On:06-Apr-2009 10:18:45 UTC
Expiration Date:04-Dec-2009 12:28:30 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:tuPMpLjiiQu8YErk
Registrant Name:CentOS Project
Registrant Organization:CentOS Project
Registrant Street1:c/o uklinux.net , Strawberry Studios
Registrant Street2:3 Waterloo Road
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Stockport
Registrant State/Province:Cheshire
Registrant Postal Code:SK13BD
Registrant Country:GB
Registrant Phone:+44.8707406575
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:lance@uklinux.net
Admin ID:tuXtcBPdRKxOiGVK
Admin Name:Centos Project
Admin Organization:CentOS Project
Admin Street1:c/o uklinux.net , Strawberry Studios
Admin Street2:3 Waterloo Road
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Stockport
Admin State/Province:Cheshire
Admin Postal Code:SK13BD
Admin Country:GB
Admin Phone:+44.8707406575
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:lance@uklinux.net

...then...

Domain ID:D103409469-LROR
Domain Name:CENTOS.ORG
Created On:04-Dec-2003 12:28:30 UTC
Last Updated On:01-Aug-2009 02:57:51 UTC
Expiration Date:04-Dec-2009 12:28:30 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Status:PENDING TRANSFER
Registrant ID:tuacmEuTBghjtA6f
Registrant Name:CentOS Project
Registrant Organization:CentOS Project
Registrant Street1:c/o uklinux.net , Strawberry Studios
Registrant Street2:3 Waterloo Road
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Stockport
Registrant State/Province:Cheshire
Registrant Postal Code:SK13BD
Registrant Country:GB
Registrant Phone:+44.8707406575
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:lance@uklinux.net
Admin ID:tutOa5vOdCfVTimV
Admin Name:Centos Project
Admin Organization:CentOS Project
Admin Street1:c/o uklinux.net , Strawberry Studios
Admin Street2:3 Waterloo Road
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Stockport
Admin State/Province:Cheshire
Admin Postal Code:SK13BD
Admin Country:GB
Admin Phone:+44.8707406575
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:domains@centos.org

...and now...

Domain ID:D103409469-LROR
Domain Name:CENTOS.ORG
Created On:04-Dec-2003 12:28:30 UTC
Last Updated On:02-Aug-2009 20:15:28 UTC
Expiration Date:04-Dec-2010 12:28:30 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Key-Systems GmbH (R51-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFERPERIOD
Registrant ID:tuacmEuTBghjtA6f
Registrant Name:CentOS Project
Registrant Organization:CentOS Project
Registrant Street1:c/o uklinux.net , Strawberry Studios
Registrant Street2:3 Waterloo Road
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Stockport
Registrant State/Province:Cheshire
Registrant Postal Code:SK13BD
Registrant Country:GB
Registrant Phone:+44.8707406575
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:lance@uklinux.net
Admin ID:tutOa5vOdCfVTimV
Admin Name:Centos Project
Admin Organization:CentOS Project
Admin Street1:c/o uklinux.net , Strawberry Studios
Admin Street2:3 Waterloo Road
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Stockport
Admin State/Province:Cheshire
Admin Postal Code:SK13BD
Admin Country:GB
Admin Phone:+44.8707406575
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:domains@centos.org

So, the admin email has changed, as has the registrar.

Progress at CentOS

Posted Aug 3, 2009 12:33 UTC (Mon) by range (guest, #51876) [Link]

Yes, domains have been moved. See whois now.