2009/3/23 mbneto mbneto@gmail.com:
There were some unusual situations with core developers this time around.
This is something that we should address don't you think?
If someone has a medical problem and someone else is getting married, how will you address that? Everyone has a personal life and that should be a higher priority than this or any other project they spend time on.
Some additional resources could help but since CentOS developers are unpaid, raising money for human resources may not be the correct approach. Beefing up the buildsystem has been noted as something desirable.
I think that this is somewhat contradictory. If the developers are unpaid we should be considering at least some help (paid one) so we can expect a more regular approach not a best effort one.
Possibly you should consider buying RHEL, if you need the updated OS faster. The CentOS Developers do everything possible to make this an excellent product and one that has outstanding support.
And who is going to develop such nice automation? There has been regular news:
Well, there is no need to automation. This paid help would send one email per day with the summary.
The $ the project receives goes for hardware and network connectivity. Nobody is paid. The CentOS developers devote their time and hard work because they want this project to be successful.