On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 09:55:23AM +0100, Timo Schoeler wrote:
In case people decide to fork (forking from CentOS is pointless; it'd had to be a fork from RHEL, as you said above, but 'done right'), please PM me. Resources shouldn't be the problem (speaking of servers, housing them, etc).
You do realize that there are many respins of CentOS, some of which are commercial products? In that light forking directly from CentOS isn't "pointless" as others are doing so successfully. I do agree that working directly from upstream source streams offers many more benefits.
And do you realize that there are quite a few people already working on their own repackaging and re-branding projects? This thread has identified some of these people. If you were wanted to contribute to one (or more) of the on-going projects it might be more effective than starting from scratch.
As far as infrastructure goes... I'm not privy to any more information than any other project outsider, but just poking around and you can get a relative feel for the size and scope of the CentOS project's infrastructure. While a new fork/respin wouldn't require the resources that a firmly established project like CentOS requires, the undertaking still isn't trivial; if the new project grows to any size the infra requirements jump up quickly.
If you do take this route, please keep us informed as to your progress and I wish you good luck in your endeavor.
John