Good Morning, >> On 06/20/2009 09:33 AM, Fabian Arrotin wrote: >>>> Couple of rhn subscriptions with their binaries being delivered in via >>>> an external source would help - a lot. >>> >>> Karanbir, as you know, i can surely do something for that. Is the idea of having a mirror of all the RHN binaries a good one ? >>> What's the real need ? >> >> yes, it would need to be a complete mirror - you might want to speak >> with your Red Hat account manager to make sure they dont mind. We would >> also need it to be updated every 4 to 6 hrs. > > This raises 2 questions to me. First, why would Red Hat mind if > entitlemens that have been paid for are being used to validate CentOS > builds ? > > Second, we currently have money from donations and sponsorship that has > not been used for a few years. Using this money for Red Hat entitlements > seems valid as it benefits all CentOS users if it helps with providing > updates faster. > > So either we get entitlements sponsored directly, or being paid for with > donated money, both seem valid options that Red Hat cannot object against. > > Maybe we should make a list of all the entitlements the CentOS project > needs (both for the distribution as maybe also seperate channels ?) and > then look for people willing to help raise that amount of money or find > sponsors willing to pay for the entitlements that are linked to a CentOS > account on RHN. I could at least sponsor a few entitlements. Best Regards Marcus