[CentOS-devel] CentOS 7 and release numbering

[John R. Dennison]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 06:21:35PM -0500, Jim Perrin wrote:
> 
> There's no malicious intent or devious nature behind the phrasing
> change. Just the result of having a legal team inform us that sometimes
> "words mean things". It doesn't change the message, just how we present it.

There may well be no malicious intent on either side but with all the
noise and FUD surrounding the current el7 source issues in multiple
venues and the fact that people are _still_ leery about the Red Hat /
CentOS relationship and, sorry to say, but in some circles people are
still not past the release fiasco that was C6, it all adds up to 
distrust.  _Any_ change is likely to not be welcomed at this point
without a lot of explanation on the part of you and the rest of the
CentOS core team.  I would suggest something on the web site or wiki
explaining why this fundamental change in product description is necessary.





						John
-- 
I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine
feeling of happiness.  It is the practice of compassion."

-- His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, from "Compassion and the Individual"
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 198 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20140621/530e348b/attachment.sig>