On 04/12/2011 02:01 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 04/12/2011 01:21 AM, Phil Schaffner wrote: >> Karanbir Singh wrote on 04/11/2011 12:20 PM: >> ... >>> No, re-read what I said. Ownership in the distro is quite a different >>> ballgame from userend support. >> Yes, but it seems to be rather closely held. > The option I was talking about was how that can change - people can step > up to take ownership of various components in the distro - was that not > clear in my email ? I can try and put this into a more verbose text and > explain how something like this might work. I think you are avoiding the real issue here, again and again. It's not about ownership. It's not about taking ownership. It's about making the process open. A simple wiki page describing what you are doing now, and a ftp URL with files to download would do. Then, everybody can contribute. There can be 100 people trying to fix a bug, rather than 1 person who takes "ownership" .. what's this ownership nonsense? >> There has been extensive support and agitation among the user-base for >> more timely updates, particularly for security issues. It seems obvious >> to me that there is considerable room for improvement. > sure, I dont deny that. But when there are options available for people > to help with that, noone seems really keen on getting on board. The few > who do are actively discouraged from doing what they can. > >> A lot of people have been thinking rather hard about how CentOS can be >> improved. Please share your thoughts on what needs to be done, and >> carry through with a plan of action to accomplish it. Nobody is in a >> better position to do that than you are. > Sure, I am happy to do that. > > - KB > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >