On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com> wrote: >>> Hence my joke that the 'C' in CentOS actually means Closed. >> >> I dont agree, if you said 'C' in CentOS is mispelled 'Slower than >> ideal', I'd agree :) > > Of course, it's not completely closed. Looking in a thesaurus, the only > thing coming close to 'Slow' in there that starts with a C is Constipated > ;-) Congealed? >>> That said, if CentOS wants it this way they sure have every right to do it >>> like this. But it would be nice to state that upfront. >> >> Propose a wording snippet ? > > Well, as you promised to open it up after the release, there's no reason > to debate it now. Maybe some of the content of the presentation > (pros/cons) should be on the wiki in an About section, it would at least > change what people expected. > > I think the biggest problem is that people expect something else than what > is implied, delivered and/or promised, maybe because in the past releases > were quicker, or communication was different, or because one simply > expects that more is being automated and hence releases are quicker. For example, I'd appreciate a hint as to which version of mock you're using. I'd previously suggested upgrading from the CentOS 5 one, but the latest epel-testing one is giving me problems and spewing errors when I try to compile *anything*. The epel default one works, but is relatively slow due to mishandling of bulky and unnecessary files such as /var/log/lastlog in the cached tarballs. The one from RPMforge seems to be working well. (Thanks, Dag and your comrades over at RPMforge!!!!)