better clone workflow | volunteering | "complete audit"

Posted Aug 23, 2008 22:09 UTC (Sat) by dowdle (subscriber, #659)
In reply to: better clone workflow | volunteering | "complete audit" by gvy
Parent article: CentOS on the systems intrusions at Red Hat

CentOS has some additional repos where they offer some additional kernel flavors as well as some additional packages. They also have a repo for upcoming updates that are in testing. As previously noted, they have a bugzilla. So, I guess my point is that they already have a workflow similar to the one you recommend.

Given the popularity of CentOS, it's good reputation because it has a goal and it sticks to it, the large number of distros that are based on it (including a few prominent pay ones), and it's lasting success, I don't think they really need any advice from you... but I'm just a user. What do I know?

There are a number of clones I know less about... some of them even charge for timely updates. Perhaps you could advise them?

[wontfix] better clone workflow

Posted Aug 26, 2008 13:10 UTC (Tue) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link]

> So, I guess my point is that they already have a workflow
> similar to the one you recommend.
Having repos and a bugtracker isn't enough for having a workflow... (btw I rather "suggested" rather than "recommended" that, since it usually takes some time of doing/using something myself to recommend that)

> Given the popularity of CentOS, it's good reputation
> because it has a goal and it sticks to it
I'd rather say its popularity/reputation is >99% a job of redhat.com folks (development, packaging, QA, security response) and <1% a job of centos.org folks. Not to put down those who finally managed to create "the" RH clone but to put things in perspective.

> I don't think they really need any advice from you...
I don't think they'll take any.

> Perhaps you could advise them?
I'd probably better care for 32 ALT bugs assigned to myself (looks like that's almost minimum of them usually) than chasing clones and advising them to be a bit more like humans :) rather ranting... I don't consider clones a viable point of considerable development having watched ASP Linux for many years with my 5-years-old predictions coming true one after another, and having begun my Linux practice with WGS Linux Pro back in RH4 days. :)