On 05/03/11 10:07, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > This post appeared on another forum: > > Will CentOS become obsolete now because of the changes Red Hat is implementing? > <snip> > > But CentOS founder Russ Herold insists the change is not a big issue. > "Private local trial builds of the released RHEL 6 sources by me and > others have proceeded with no major problems. I just do not see that > the changes as some earth-shattering change. I just think [the patches > will be] incrementally more difficult to figure out," he says. > > "Nothing in Red Hat's new approach prevents a person from running a > local version-control system, containing the pristine kernel at point > A, and the Red Hat variant which we might call point B. Then one runs > a 'diff' in that version-control system between A and B, and starts > reading the diffs to see what is happening. Over time, both the > pristine kernel, and the patched Red Hat versions will vary, and one > will get a sense for which 'diff' parts matter, and which are cosmetic > cleanups." > <snip> > > Full story here : http://www.channelregister.co.uk/201...ode_packaging/ > full non-truncated link: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/red_hat_twarts_oracle_and_novell_with_change_to_source_code_packaging/ > > Can any of the CentOS team please comment on this? > Which part of Russ Herold's ("CentOS founder") comments above did you not read? Come on, this whole story is total nonsense and has been responded to a number of times. Red Hat are legitimately protecting their business model against competitors (namely, Oracle and Novel) and the changes have no impact towards rebuilders. This is a good thing - if Red Hat doesn't exist the CentOS doesn't exist.