> I think in the short term it would be better to port e-smith to White > Box Enterprise Linux ( http://whiteboxlinux.org )
IMO, in the immediate short term it is best to maintain stability and status quo. In this regard I suggest in the short term we do not port SME to anything. We graciously accept the SME6.0 final iso from Mitel, expected in about two weeks. We maintain it as the stable base that it is (as best we can), possibly enhance it with a small group of proven contribs, and we work toward the release our first SME6.1 community release. Major milestone number one! Past the immediate short term, I'm in full agreement with you that RHEL (which White Box Enterprise Linux is based on) is an excellent viable option to consider, however, as with all RHEL/GPL platforms that are emerging, they are all in new development (Release Candidate #2). No need to rush to this just yet. No need to rush to Fedora just yet. No need to make any significant changes just yet. At least for the immediate short term. >From what I have ascertained, we (the community) have been asked to assist contribs.org in establishing an effective community site. Contribs.org is working on defining an operational roadmap. Once completed contribs.org will seek volunteers to assist in achieving operational goals. This operational infrastructure includes the portal, contribs/iso/Howto storage, forums, mailing list, bug tracking, etcetera. Once all these areas are operational contribs.org and this community will be in a position to move onto defining a development roadmap. All this will take time. Possibly even a few months. http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/romewasntbui.html Rome wasn't built in a day. Valuable projects take time. If you are interested in assisting, read this post: http://contribs.org/index.php?module=article&view=32&MMN_position=71:71 Just my opinions. Regards, Darrell -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
