Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread John Hodrien
On Tue, 17 May 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: The Centos ML does quite well without a moderator imho. No need to go draconian like other projects/'communities' I think a moderated mailing list around release time sounds like bliss to me. jh ___

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Christopher Chan
On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 05:50 PM, John Hodrien wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: The Centos ML does quite well without a moderator imho. No need to go draconian like other projects/'communities' I think a moderated mailing list around release time sounds like bliss to me.

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread John Hodrien
On Tue, 17 May 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: I think a moderated mailing list around release time sounds like bliss to me. Yeah...for you...think of the poor moderator! Well, we could sign up on a rota... jh ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread John R. Dennison
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 05:58:31PM +0800, Christopher Chan wrote: Yeah...for you...think of the poor moderator! I'd be more than happy to moderate the list. I can assure you that the current trolls will be back in their cages safely under their bridges in short order.

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Michael Simpson
On 17 May 2011 11:03, John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com wrote: On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 05:58:31PM +0800, Christopher Chan wrote: Yeah...for you...think of the poor moderator! I'd be more than happy to moderate the list.  I can assure you that the current trolls will be back in their cages

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Christopher Chan
On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 06:03 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 05:58:31PM +0800, Christopher Chan wrote: Yeah...for you...think of the poor moderator! I'd be more than happy to moderate the list. I can assure you that the current trolls will be back in their cages safely

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Christopher Chan wrote: On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 05:50 PM, John Hodrien wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2011, Christopher Chan wrote: The Centos ML does quite well without a moderator imho. No need to go draconian like other projects/'communities' I think a moderated mailing list around release time

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Radu Gheorghiu
On 05/17/2011 01:46 PM, Michael Simpson wrote: On 17 May 2011 11:03, John R. Dennisonj...@gerdesas.com wrote: On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 05:58:31PM +0800, Christopher Chan wrote: Yeah...for you...think of the poor moderator! I'd be more than happy to moderate the list. I can assure you that the

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread R - elists
we do not need post by post moderation so to speak we need several lists... two of which are babies / horses behind list adult list when you prove your centos helpfulness community worth on the babies list, you get to be in the adult list this would seem easier to admin... i would actually

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Josh
While this sounds like humorous way to deal with the problem, what about all of us silent users who just watch the list for news and generally ignore the bonus nonsense that makes the list... We the silent would miss out on important news... On 5/17/2011 1:27 PM, R - elists wrote: we do not

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: While this sounds like humorous way to deal with the problem, what about all of us silent users who just watch the list for news and generally ignore the bonus nonsense that makes the list... We the silent would miss out on important news... Clearly, this

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-17 Thread Markus Falb
On 17.5.2011 20:21, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: While this sounds like humorous way to deal with the problem, what about all of us silent users who just watch the list for news and generally ignore the bonus nonsense that makes the list... We the silent would

[CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-16 Thread Benjamin Smith
As the OP for this thread, it saddens me to see that the thread I started has now been used as a forum for behavior of the worst kind seen in professional circles. I'm a longtime user of CentOS and merely wanted to know of users' past experiences transitioning between SL and CentOS. My first

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-16 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Benjamin Smith li...@benjamindsmith.com wrote: The choices are clear, however: 1) Stick w/CentOS, get a high quality, highly compatible release at little/no cost, with an uncertain release date. I would say the uncertain release date is pretty much moot now,

Re: [CentOS] So sorry! was: Re: EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

2011-05-16 Thread Christopher Chan
On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 12:17 PM, Benjamin Smith wrote: I wish option #4 was not so commonly exercised here. It really might be a good time to consider moderation. Anybody want to volunteer as a moderator? The Centos ML does quite well without a moderator imho. No need to go draconian like