On 07/29/2015 06:45 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > hi everyone, > > I know this update has been a bit delayed, things have been pretty > hectic. But lots of good updates for everyone: > > Distro > -------- > * Updates for CentOS Linux 5/7 : All updates from upstream are > released into the CentOS mirror network. > > * Upstream 6.7 was released a few days back, we have all the rpms from > that release built and released to the early-adopters into the CentOS-CR > repos ( ref: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR > ); lots of people have applied these updates and there are no major > reports of issues so far. If you are one of the people running with CR, > please let us know if you hit any issues. > > * Updates released to EL6 since 6.7 was released are also rolled into > CR/ so if you are running this repo, you would be updated all the way. > > * We have a first cut of the ISOS for CentOS-6.7 ready and in QA, there > are a couple of package changes, and we need to tweak the content that > ends up on DVD1 Vs/ DVD2 to make sure we can still retain max installs > from just DVD1. I aim to have these done and available to the QA folks > in the next day or two, with the intention to release early next week to > mirror.centos.org. > > * Another key piece that we've been working on is the AltArch SIG; The > aim of this Special Interest Group is to help build and help maintain > CentOS Linux on other architectures than what the Core group is able to > do. Our first major build there is for the ARM 64bit platform called > Aarch64. CentOS Linux 7 has been in beta there for a few weeks and is > nearing the end of the beta term. If you have an ARM 64 bit platform, we > would appreciate feedback on the distro. ref: > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/arm-dev/2015-July/000309.html > > -------- > Other: > * the SCL sig has been making great progress, we now have their use > cases fully supported in cbs.centos.org; Honza posted an update recently > on their status for the devtools-3 effort at : > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-July/013682.html > > * Some of our GSoC Students have been blogging at > http://seven.centos.org about their projects and the great work they are > doing in their areas. Its worth a read through. > > -------- > Tip: there are some great installation tips and tricks on the wiki at > http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/KickStart - and we maintain a > collection of community contributed kickstarts at > https://github.com/CentOS/Community-Kickstarts - its a great resource to > get ideas for your own kickstarts, and also a fantastic place, with a > low barrier for people to contribute their own tips and kickstarts! > > -------- > Engage: As some of you might already know, I've been running office > hours every Wed at 16:00 UTC and every Thu at 08:30 UTC over in > #centos-devel on irc.freenode.net; you also have the option to call me > on the phone for a chat during these times. The last few weeks have been > really fruitful, with many great conversations. If there is anything you > want to talk about or have questions around the CentOS ecosystem, feel > free to drop in. Office hours are run as a open house, free question and > answer sessions. > > regards, > Hi, thank you for the update, really appreciated! BTW do you have any news about the CentOS 7 32-bit, discussed some time around CentOS 7 release? Found this blog: http://www.karan.org/blog/2013/12/15/where-is-the-i686-in-rhel-7/ Thanks //Zdenek