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?
>
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>
> 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."
>
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>
> 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.
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