Good Morning,
On 06/20/2009 09:33 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote:
Couple of rhn subscriptions with their binaries being delivered in via an external source would help - a lot.
Karanbir, as you know, i can surely do something for that. Is the idea of having a mirror of all the RHN binaries a good one ? What's the real need ?
yes, it would need to be a complete mirror - you might want to speak with your Red Hat account manager to make sure they dont mind. We would also need it to be updated every 4 to 6 hrs.
This raises 2 questions to me. First, why would Red Hat mind if entitlemens that have been paid for are being used to validate CentOS builds ?
Second, we currently have money from donations and sponsorship that has not been used for a few years. Using this money for Red Hat entitlements seems valid as it benefits all CentOS users if it helps with providing updates faster.
So either we get entitlements sponsored directly, or being paid for with donated money, both seem valid options that Red Hat cannot object against.
Maybe we should make a list of all the entitlements the CentOS project needs (both for the distribution as maybe also seperate channels ?) and then look for people willing to help raise that amount of money or find sponsors willing to pay for the entitlements that are linked to a CentOS account on RHN.
I could at least sponsor a few entitlements.
Best Regards Marcus