On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 9:27 AM aleksander.baranowski via CentOS-devel < centos-devel@centos.org> wrote:
Dear Matthew,
I get that you might be upset. Please read that one more time:
I have been doing this for 17 years and CentOS is basically my life's work. This was (for me personally) a heart wrenching decision.
As a person who is making Enterprise Linux rebuild and surrounding stack rebuilds for a few years, I cannot imagine how much this decision meant for Johnny. 17 years. It's a lot. I also believe that by saying "This was (for me personally) a heart wrenching decision." he also says that he made the unambiguous statement about this decision when he was asked. Saying that "We will not give up, like you did." sounds a little bit too passive-aggressive IMO. Don't blame passionate technical people like one on this list on probably higher-ups decision.
I also believe that because of this decision incoming year will bring some considerable changes in the Enterprise Linux/HPC landscape.
Best, Alex
I understand my statement that the CentOS Board "gave up" is harsh (and I did mean the "you" in my sentence to refer to the Board as a collective), but it is also true. I intended it to provoke anger. I know Johnny is personally against all of this, but they all did capitulate to the pressure from RedHat and failed to act in support of the Community.
I apologize to Johnny personally. I know he feels as we do, but it is a fact that the Board failed to stick up for our interests.
Now, unless RedHat changes course, and allows the Board to re-vote against this change, I will look away from RedHat associated products and will urge everyone I can to do the same.
Sorry again, but this is too much. We've been putting up with RedHat forced crap for too long with CentOS (e.g. the version number change, which I'm still pissed about) and now they've gone too far this time.
On 12/9/20 2:34 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 8:24 AM Johnny Hughes <johnny@centos.org mailto:johnny@centos.org> wrote:
On 12/9/20 7:14 AM, Julien Pivotto wrote: > On 09 Dec 06:46, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >> That is correct .. so, the Red Hat Liaison can use Section B. ofthe
>> Governance to dictate a vote. If the board FORCES the use of this >> clause, then whatever was wanted (in this case by Red Hat) wouldget
>> inacted in its entirety with no real input from the board. >> >> https://www.centos.org/about/governance/voting/ <https://www.centos.org/about/governance/voting/> >> >> The CentOS Board knows this, so we had a dialoge with Red Hat instead. >> Red Hat presented their case and listened to our response. There was a >> significant back and forth. >> >> So, no one 'FORCED' the board to do anything. Red Hat told us what they >> were going to do (what you quoted). The board then made many >> recommendations in a back and forth negotiation. The board then made a >> decision. The decision was reluctant .. but it was unanimous. >> >> And now this is the way forward. > > > Johnny, > > As this was not dictated by Section B, it seems that the boardcould
> revert this decision by another vote. > > I'd like to see this topic re-discussed, based on community feedback. Is > that a possibility? > I very much doubt it. I have been doing this for 17 years and CentOSis
basically my life's work. This was (for me personally) a heart wrenching decision. However, i see no other decision as apossibility.
If there was, it would have been made. As I said, there was a back and forth. We got all the concessions we could get. It is what it is. But as I also said, it was a unanimous decision.So who on the RedHat side can we plead with? We will not give up, like you did.
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