On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Les Mikesell wrote:
And meanwhile there are things that aren't on schedule. Or maybe there isn't a schedule - or maybe no one is supposed to expect one.
oh please -- You've been around software, computers, and FOSS long enough to know the game --
Publish a schedule and take a day longer. Not soon enough, why are they so slow, and if a miss, the sky is falling, in commercial world angry stockholder suits, and all the externalities; don't publish a schedule and say: when it is ready, or enforce no un-planned leaks like Apple or RHT: just as much carping, but no miss.
People can project their expectations all they wish; I won't feed those
We'd feel better if you shared your contingency plans.
I've done that repeatedly -- either people do not read, or will not believe what we write. Nothing of human creation cannot be all things to all people and it is foolish to think otherwise.
That was in response to Johnny's comment about having to personally know
as may be, but the same result obtains for me being frank.
someone before they would be allowed to touch anything in the repository. What if something happens to Johnny? Is there a bigger picture?
The sub-domain under discussion and mentioned by hughesjr and others is a sub-doamin of centos.org. I believe the group has sketched it out already. Website, front page, top right:
The CentOS project is now in control of the CentOS.org ... domain ...
but as I said before, people do not read, or will not believe what we write. More details appear when we release more details
Who is the fool here?
-- Russ herrold