"JP" == Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> Jim, JP> This was discussed before implementation, in the -devel JP> channel on IRC. The full ramifications weren't felt JP> initially because it worked fine for stock centos. If JP> you'd like to participate in the discussions, you're JP> welcome to join the irc channel. Like, I suspect, most people using CentOS, I'm not paid to work on the OS, and I don't have time to hang out on IRC on the off chance that someone will bring up something that might completely screw up my systems down the road. To be frank, saying, ``Oh, we talked about that on IRC,'' is about as useful as saying, ``Jennie, Bob, and I talked about it over a drink at the Boo Bar.'' IRC is a great place to work out implementation details and maybe even do some thought experiments to imagine what the impact might be, but mailing lists are a much better place to have real discussions, especially when your changes might impact people outside the tiny circle of people who frequent the IRC channel. Claire *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Claire Connelly cmc at math.hmc.edu Systems Administrator (909) 621-8754 Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 188 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20061011/981be762/attachment-0007.sig>