On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:18:42AM -0500, Kenneth Price wrote:
----- "John Hinton" webmaster@ew3d.com wrote:
But I would like a bit more freedom on the sysadmin list. The ability to get more in depth on particulars and include discussions of other software which interacts with existing systems to aid in going further... extending Centos so to speak.
Do you think that by definition, the "system-admins" list should encompass that freedom? Linux system administration is not limited to bash scripting and configuring Apache virtual hosts, but also includes architecting multi-tiered, multi-faceted, multi-platform environments. I think the label of "system-admins" for a second list is going in the right direction. Maybe something a bit more specific, like CentOS-sysadmin-advanced? Not the best name, but conveys my idea.
To be honest, I don't think this list should be split. Instead it should be more rigorously policed. This should be a list about CentOS, and working with CentOS.
Generic SA type stuff (how do you do "this generic task" in script) should not be present here; there's already enough SA type lists out there. Similarly, Apache configuration shouldn't be here... although interaction between Apache and SELinux probably _should_. CentOS specific questions should be particularly welcome (which would, therefore, also include discussion of "features" from upstream).
I guess a rule of thumb could be "if the question and answer is materially unchanged if the OS is CentOS or Debian or Solaris or *BSD then it doesn't belong here."
But that's just my opinion.