[CentOS] kernels and irc
I was in the #centos-social channel and simply stated that I noticed CentOS 3-4 were getting a lot of updates. I also stated that the CentOS 5 was one kernel behind, as in RHEL it is at -53, the gentlemen then told me that I was wrong and it was at -21. I then asked if there was a way to get a progress report somehow on 5.2, and that 5.2 has already upgraded that kernel. The result was that I was banned for being correct. I dont understand this kind of support. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:57 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: James Bunnell wrote: I was in the #centos-social channel and simply stated that I noticed CentOS 3-4 were getting a lot of updates. I also stated that the CentOS 5 was one kernel behind, as in RHEL it is at -53, the gentlemen then told me that I was wrong and it was at -21. I then asked if there was a way to get a progress report somehow on 5.2, and that 5.2 has already upgraded that kernel. The result was that I was banned for being correct. I dont understand this kind of support. You are NOT correct ... The latest NON 5.2 kernel is: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.el5.src.rpm looks like -53 to me The latest 5.2 kernel is: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5.src.rpm this is a new kernel as of today, may 22 compilation date As far as being banned on an IRC Channel ... I am sure you were warned first. CentOS is manned by volunteers. If you want to argue with the people who are on IRC after they tell you not to, then you will be banned. yes i was warned, however, can they not admit when they are wrong? and because its volunteers (like debian), all the more reason to be professional. The CentOS project trusts the judgment of our forum moderators and our IRC ops ... if they ban you then you are banned. We are not a for profit company where you pay us for service and can be disrespectful to our employees. You will instead have to be polite in your disagreements. i have been polite for weeks. i finally had a enough of being polite and just being told, 'it will be release when its ready.' that is not a professional answer. is it too much to ask for an update? If this is a problem, I suggest that you find a paid for service contract where you can be rude to the people with whom you interact. i do pay for rhel. i made the mistake of converting to centos. damage is done. on the next major upgrade, i will return to rhel and will not professionally recommend centos either privately,personally, or in the realm of a business. thanks for seeing my side of the issue and not jumping on the elite bandwagon. i am done. Thanks, Johnny Hughes ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 10:59 -0400, Jim Perrin wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 10:35 AM, James Bunnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was in the #centos-social channel and simply stated that I noticed CentOS 3-4 were getting a lot of updates. I also stated that the CentOS 5 was one kernel behind, as in RHEL it is at -53, the gentlemen then told me that I was wrong and it was at -21. I then asked if there was a way to get a progress report somehow on 5.2, and that 5.2 has already upgraded that kernel. The result was that I was banned for being correct. I dont understand this kind of support. Actually no. I banned you for 15 minutes because you were being profane, pedantic about verbiage. The user trying to help you had already complained about typos and such, and was using kernel shorthand since the -53.1. is common to the more recent kernels being discussed at the time. I warned you twice to stop being quite so pedantic, kicked you twice (since you were unwilling to take the hint the first time) and finally resorted to the ban when you began to spew insults and profanity. If you want support from folks who will take verbal abuse, buy a RHEL license. Otherwise, play by the channel rules and be nice to others (yes, for those of you who know me, I *can* say that with a straight face most of the time). Crying about an irc ban on the mailing list is simply a way to have the last word. If you want it, it's yours. The ban was temporary to allow all parties time to cool down, and I'm done with the entire issue. Hopefully you are as well. that being said, irc is a poor representation of centos, i have enjoyed the mailing list and have mostly lurked here. i think you overreact to simple questions that could be answered very simply with an intelligent updated answer rather that was said and this whole thing would have been avoided. you did not try to help, you simply threw warnings and said nothing. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 17:00 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: James Bunnell wrote: I was in the #centos-social channel and simply stated that I noticed CentOS 3-4 were getting a lot of updates. I also stated that the CentOS 5 was one kernel behind, as in RHEL it is at -53, the gentlemen then told me that I was wrong and it was at -21. lftp ftp.redhat.com:/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS ls kernel* kernel.list lftp ftp.redhat.com:/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS exit [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$grep 53 kernel.list -rw-rw-r-- 2 ftpftp54464006 Feb 12 14:37 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.src.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 2 ftpftp54492476 Mar 03 09:40 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5.src.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 2 ftpftp54521781 May 04 07:52 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.19.el5.src.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 2 ftpftp54540423 May 19 09:58 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.21.el5.src.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 2 ftpftp54421174 Nov 28 2007 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.src.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 2 ftpftp54461630 Jan 18 11:29 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.6.el5.src.rpm -rw-rw-r-- 1 ftpftp54386174 Oct 11 2007 kernel-2.6.18-53.el5.src.rpm [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ So which kernel would that -53 be? The one from October 11th, 2007? look like they are all -53 to me, i dont see the point. I then asked if there was a way to get a progress report somehow on 5.2, and that 5.2 has already upgraded that kernel. The result was that I was banned for being correct. a) #centos-social is not a support channel, as that channel's topic clearly states. b) The ban was *not* for you being correct (because you are not, 5.2 will have 2.6.18-92, but for your behaviour over the last days/weeks and your *constantly* asking about progress on 5.2 (and getting the answer everybody getsdoes, see http://planet.centos.org/). I dont understand this kind of support. I don't understand why you came here to whine about that. weeks,days, ive been quiet. i believe you too have overreacted. its been nearly 2 weeks since any update of progress to 5.2 has been announced. why would that be rude or wrong to ask for? and btw, i am not the only one that has asked for an update. and ive been polite in my initial questions. response determines response. Ralph ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 08:48 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:45:36AM -0600, James Bunnell wrote: On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 11:35 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: James Bunnell wrote: i do pay for rhel. i made the mistake of converting to centos. damage is done. on the next major upgrade, i will return to rhel and will not professionally recommend centos either privately,personally, or in the realm of a business. thanks for seeing my side of the issue and not jumping on the elite bandwagon. i am done. Community base OSS solutions are not for everyone. Only the end-user can decide if it works for them or not. I hope you will see that once the anger subsides. -Ross community based OSS also require a level of professionalism and support. if simple questions like asking for an update to the progress of a project or stating someone may be in error upsets one of the members of that project, maybe that person should not be involved. No, it doesn't require *anything*. That said, CentOS does provide professionalism and support, but by no means is it a requirement. you expect people to use OSS and be treated like crap? being treated like crap is the competitor's job. I would agree though, it sounds like RH is a better choice for your needs, and more specifically, a better fit for your method of interaction. You're not going to find many volunteers who react well to being cursed at or otherwise abused verbally. and you're not going to find too many people in business that want to ask a question and are blatently put off. Ray ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 16:57 +0100, Martyn Drake wrote: On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:54 PM, James Bunnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you expect people to use OSS and be treated like crap? being treated like crap is the competitor's job. Regardless of OSS or professional paid support - *nobody* deserves to receive abuse of any kind. If you dislike the way you've been treated, you write and complain - nobody should ever need to resort to swearing or insults. At all. and i agree with you. banning in irc is an insult when based on nothing but personal disagreement. swearing is a knee-jerk defense to the abuse of irc operators and admittedly should not have happened. M. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 17:00 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 05 June 2008 16:42:47 James Bunnell wrote: ts been nearly 2 weeks since any update of progress to 5.2 has been announced. On May 22 it was estimated that it would take 3 weeks. Did you really need an update on that? i only asked. an answer such as what was given here earlier would have sufficed. is that so hard? Anne ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:01 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: I expect people who feel they are treated like crap to do one of two things: 1. Get involved to try and make things better (I guess you could argue you are doing this albeit in a really ineffective manner :) 2. Move on to antoher project i was told early on, that it took an invite to get involved. If CentOS noticed a huge decline in users they might be concerned about this. They haven't; you're probably the only one I've heard bringing up this issue and honestly it sounds like you were the cause of the problem. that may be your perception. perhaps you would want to look at the logs so you would know. This is not an issue for CentOS currently. too bad. I would agree though, it sounds like RH is a better choice for your needs, and more specifically, a better fit for your method of interaction. You're not going to find many volunteers who react well to being cursed at or otherwise abused verbally. and users do not react well to being told rudely 'it will be ready when its ready', that is just rude. and you're not going to find too many people in business that want to ask a question and are blatently put off. You need to grasp that CentOS is *not* run like a business. It is a project worked on by others, for free, in ther spare time, most of them with technical interests. You need to approach it in this manner. You're going to get blown off if you come around acting like a paying customer deserving of support when you haven't contributed anything yourself persoanlly to the product. i do not perceive it as a paying customer, and i was not the one that brought that up. now that it has been brought up, what is the mission of CentOS ? This is open source etiquette. It differs from business etiquette where you are more than welcoem to berate and yell and holler about things because you're paying someone a lot of money. the etiquette is rudeness to promote open source? is this what you are saying? Ray ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:19 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: This is open source etiquette. It differs from business etiquette where you are more than welcoem to berate and yell and holler about things because you're paying someone a lot of money. the etiquette is rudeness to promote open source? is this what you are saying? No, the etiquette is that you need to approach developer and volunteers as just that -- people who are doing this in their spare time. Do not be demanding, go the extra mile yourself ahead of time to seek answers on your own, and give these folks the benefit of the doubt if they don't act like support staff at RH; it isn't their job. i have a little familiarity with open source, perhaps more than noted, and i what i am seeing here is centos saying that since we're not paid, we dont care. i think there are many projects that would not want this image. sounds like failure to me. hence, i am not so sure this is anything to be proud of. anyway, time to move on. This part is on you, and is the only part you can control directly. I know from experience that more often than not you'll get much more helpful and open responses back if you use the above approach. HTH Ray ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 18:36 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: James Bunnell wrote: On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 17:00 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: On May 22 it was estimated that it would take 3 weeks. Did you really need an update on that? i only asked. an answer such as what was given here earlier would have sufficed. is that so hard? But it is the same answer you already had! ok, let's look at this differently. if i were looking for a answer to these things from a standpoint of wanting to help, or pointing out something that may be perceived differently somewhere else such as the 'well they are updating 3-4, why not 5'...how is that to be construed? i think that deserves more than an aggressive response such as what happened on irc. Ralph ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:52 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: Frame your questions and reactions with these things in mind, develop a bit thicker skin. Run everything said by a developer type through the nerd tact filter too: http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/tact.html This applies for any project, not just CentOS! Ok, I'm done beating this dead horse. :) ive seen this before, and its a good point, and well taken, however, i think it needs to be taken seriously on both sides as well :) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos attachment: stock_smiley-1.png___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] COBOL
On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 14:51 -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote: Apparently Oracle is the only ISV that's figured out that CentOS *is* RHEL. I was just told in no uncertain terms that it is not RHEL. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Fedora IRC
There is a IRC channel in the Freenode network for #fedora-newmexico users, if interested. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] irc cloak
What are the requirements to get a Centos IRC cloak in freenode? Thanks in advance. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
