On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 13:55 -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: > Matt> RedHat and SuSE have stated several times that they want > Matt> an OFED like process that takes the OF code and runs it > Matt> through a rigorous suite of regression and performance > Matt> tests. The purpose of OFED is to get into the commercially > Matt> supported distros (e.g RHEL and SLES). That is what the > Matt> majority of end customers want/need. That said spinning out > Matt> "pre-OFED" releases of each component would help to get the > Matt> code into the other distros (FC, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, > Matt> etc.) which, of course, is a very good thing to do. > > I think we've gotten mixed up about "release" vs. "distribution" > again. I would say that all the packaging crap, which OFED does as a > short-term thing to make it possible for naive users to install, is > actually a big negative for RH and Novell -- they would rather package > and build software themselves.
Fair point. I don't like the way OFED is packaged. It's messy and just causes more problems than it is worth. What I do like about OFED is the rigorous testing that each company does. It would be great if we can include this rigorous testing into the OF release process. > > What is missing is the tested, coordinated tarball release of OF > userspace stuff -- http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ might be a useful > model, particularly the "Getting GNOME 2.16" section. > Yes, we need something like this. - Matt _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
