On 4/7/2011 12:05 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >>> If you WANT a service level agreement with me, then you may contract for >>> one. If you pay me enough, I will guarantee you updates on what ever >>> schedule you are willing to pay for. I will be very professional in my >>> dealings with you in that case too. >> >> That's sort of disturbing... Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but it >> comes across to me as implying that the CentOS project could do better >> with more resources and the only way you'll allow it to have those >> resources is if you are paid personally. But maybe I'm reading too much >> into the rejections of offers to help with builds and the refusals to >> share the build environment. > <snip> > I think you're reading his reply the wrong way, Les. I see it as "this is > a volunteer project, and I'm doing the best I can. You want guarantees, > then you can buy RHEL, or you can pay me for support, and then I'll have > the time to do that, and not have to worry about how to pay my bills if > I'm not at my day job." Probably - if he were serious about taking money I'd expect to see contracts on the web site, but there is still a disconnect between saying it could be done better given certain resources and refusing to let the project accept the offers of help it gets or distribute it's build environment. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com