devel December 2007

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Help offer on Sparc front
by Hugo van der Kooij 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have just received a SunBlade150 which I would like to put to good use. I understand there is a Centos port underway for the Sparc line. If it is possible to trash the harddisk and fill it with the bare stuff to make it work I am willing to lend access to the system for developers and also do some things myself. I am not a programmer but I can spot the incidental error and maybe fix a typo or at least do my best to provide serious feedback in attempts to capture, reproduce and solve issues. If there is a basic kit somewhere to turn the former Solaris machine and set it on the road to Centos 5 I am willing to add my weight and push the cart along. Hugo. - -- hvdkooij(a)vanderkooij.org http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/ PGP/GPG? Use: http://hugo.vanderkooij.org/0x58F19981.asc A: Yes. >Q: Are you sure? >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? Bored? Click on http://spamornot.org/ and rate those images. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHHl8BBvzDRVjxmYERAtwIAKCajwRD8ZIbbQsVRiA89+9OYD30KQCfR6gw uIbicj9rZqC/HdYv0fXosB0= =Iaaf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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presto / deltarpm
by Karanbir Singh 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

hi, The idea of yum-presto and deltarpm support on mirror.centos.org is something that seems to be worth visiting again. I am just wondering if there is anyone who would like to grab the issue, do the testing, workout whats involved and then try and come up with an implementation plan ? Would be good if you already knew how yum and repomd type repositories worked. Anyone interested and have the time ? -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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How to split a DVD to CDs?
by jacky 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Hi, all. I use createrepo and buildinstall to create a RHEL DVD, but how can I split it to CDs? ___________________________________________________________ 雅虎邮箱传递新年祝福，个性贺卡送亲朋！ http://cn.mail.yahoo.com/gc/index.html?entry=5&souce=mail_mailletter_tagline

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OpenLDAP auth problems
by юрка олейников 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

i have CentOS 4.5 with OpenLDAP 2.2.13. OpenLDAP contains users with SSHA-ed and CRYPT-ed passwords. the one and ugly thing is that users with CRYPT-ed passwords cannot bind to this LDAP server. however users with SSHA passwords do can. is there any solution without recompiling anyhting? -- Be Secure, Stay Open - live w/ OpenBSD

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Asus EEE Pc
by Karanbir Singh 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

hi, Just wondering if anyone had the EEE Pc and if they had attempted a CentOS5 install on there as yet. I guess most of the things should just work, the wifi should also be supported. But it would be good to find out if someone had attempted this yet. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219@icq

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Re: [users] MailScanner in rpmforge?
by Dag Wieers 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > > How long does one have to wait to get an answer to a simple question? So > > I took the time to make sure one can install MailScanner through yum > > without waiting any longer for a reply from rpmforge by setting up a > > small repository. > > I saw that you had been waiting for a reply - which is why I answered. But, no > I dont have commit access to rpmforge things. So I will most likely be > importing MailScanner into where I do have access. And yes, I do use it on two > domains. Karanbir, I thought you had commit access ? Or at least I offered it at some point. There is no problem giving you commit access though. > > PS: You are aware I have not seen anything on the Sparc front either? > > The issue with centos/sparc is blocked on the installer not having decent > sparc support - so well, it does not work. patches are welcome. > > However, as you might have realised there are only a few of us doing all this > work - so things can sometimes take a bit of time to get started off, and one > hopes that once people do join the effort they hang around and help spread it. > So far, the experience has been quite the opposite. The problem is that the group is small because everybody who asks about it does not know where to go and make herself useful, and do not participate. As long as people cannot feel part of something and can become effective in a short time, you loose momentum. I have been asked more than 3 times at events about s390 support and I forward people to the centos-devel mailinglist. There is no information on the wiki, or almost not satisfying information on the mailinglist. People If there was an s390 SIG with a TODO list, planning, person to contact, people would be more interested to help out or get involved. The fact there is no such thing makes people think there is no interest, no progress, nothing. People are less likely to help if they are the first to take up responsibility. Being part of a group helps. Sharing information helps. So where does one go for s390 development ? What can people do to help the Sparc effort (what has already been done) ? How far is the PPC effort ? At least a well-owned SIG brings information and people together. Maybe even do status reports and drive meetings. A SIG of course does not guarantee all of that, but if people take ownership it does not come down to you, Johnny or Pasi. I think it is important to not depend on the already hard working people. > And, I completely disagree with Dag on creating SIG's for core distro arch > work. Further splintering an already small group of people is both counter > productive and a waste of time. Its also one way to make sure that we loose > further inertia in the development process. A chicken-egg problem to me. As long as you don't give away ownership, you don't gain people. If you don't gain people, you cannot give away ownership. How it works now, does not scale very well imo. Any solution is welcomed. -- -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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Update XFCE to 4.4.2?
by Heiko Adams 09 Dec '07

09 Dec '07

Hello List, are there any plans to update XFCE and thunar to the latest bugfix releases 4.4.2 (http://www.xfce.org/documentation/changelogs/4.4.2) and 0.9 (http://thunar.xfce.org/news.html#2007-12-02)? Regards, -- Heiko Adams <heiko.adams(a)gmail.com>

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some forum posts
by Akemi Yagi 08 Dec '07

08 Dec '07

Centos developers, Would someone please look at the following forum posts (accolade, question, complaint, demand, etc)? http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11591&forum=18 http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11578&forum=28 http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11579&forum=37 http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=11598&forum=37 (this one has the name Russ Herrold in it) Thanks for reading, responding or even ignoring! Akemi

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Interest in assisting with the Centos s390 disto
by Hand, Ray 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

I am interested in assisting with the development of the Centos s390 disto. I do have access to s390 hardware and currently support 4 linux VM guests. How do I get started. Thanks, Ray Hand

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