Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-21 Thread Stephen Harris
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 04:28:48PM -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: No, I didn't find either trn or C-News in the normal repos, but I didn't look in too many third-party ones, either a good UUCP is still available, though, in EPEL. Taylor UUCP is part of the base repo in RH5; has it been dropped

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died. IIRC

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Giles Coochey
On 20/04/2012 12:35, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Giles Coochey gi...@coochey.net wrote: On 20/04/2012 12:35, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Arif Hossain
Dear Johnny, Your past history clearly shows this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. You have unceremoniously told numerous users to take a flying leap if they didn't like it your way. Please reveal to the Centos Community who penned this piece for you to post. Yours Truly,

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 04/20/2012 04:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died. IIRC that wasn't the same day. Was still a case of

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Arif Hossain
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Larry Martell larry.mart...@gmail.com wrote: I think this classic from 1996 (author unknown) needs to be resurrected. Welcome to the Internet. No one here likes you. This is not 1996. Internet is more than a thousands times more accessible to people. Back

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread m . roth
Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 20.04.2012 16:02, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 19.04.2012 23:42, schrieb Giles Coochey: Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died. IIRC that wasn't the same day. Usenet did not die that way. [...] That's what I was trying to say. mark

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Bob Hoffman
On 4/20/2012 11:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 20.04.2012 16:02, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: mark why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor Siegal, and the aftermath to them Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! I was not working for a computer company, but I finally got

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread m . roth
Bob Hoffman wrote: On 4/20/2012 11:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 20.04.2012 16:02, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: mark why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor Siegal, and the aftermath to them Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! I was not working for a computer company,

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt t.schm...@phoenixsoftware.de wrote:         mark why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor Siegal, and the aftermath to them Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 04/20/2012 05:19 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the universities in that business? I prefer 'open to the public', even with the baggage it brings. lets not get carried away, and try to atleast keep conversations CentOS centric. I am

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt t.schm...@phoenixsoftware.de wrote:         mark why, yes, I *do* remember Kantor Siegal, and the aftermath to them Don't get me started. Ah, the good old pre-spam days! You mean when the internet consisted of defense

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Al Sparks
From: m.r...@5-cent.us m.r...@5-cent.us To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Cc: Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project Bob Hoffman wrote: On 4/20/2012 11:12 AM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 20.04.2012 16:02, schrieb m.r...@5

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday, April 20, 2012 02:07:39 PM Al Sparks wrote: From: m.r...@5-cent.us m.r...@5-cent.us Usenet is, of course, still alive, though a lot of folks know it as google groups My first usenet browser was rn. Anybody know if 'trn' and C-News are in any CentOS 6 repos? I want to

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Tilman Schmidt
On 04/20/2012 05:19 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the universities in that business? I prefer 'open to the public', even with the baggage it brings. Nope, I mean the early nineties, when the Internet was still young and largely spam

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Tilman Schmidt t.schm...@phoenixsoftware.de wrote: On 04/20/2012 05:19 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: You mean when the internet consisted of defense contractors and the universities in that business?  I prefer 'open to the public', even with the baggage it brings.

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi Larry, On 04/19/2012 01:28 AM, Larry Martell wrote: The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our community interactive areas that we need to address. ... I think this classic from 1996 (author unknown) needs to be resurrected. I dont quite get the point of that post,

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Bob Hoffman
On 4/19/2012 5:40 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: Hi Larry, On 04/19/2012 01:28 AM, Larry Martell wrote: The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our community interactive areas that we need to address. ... I think this classic from 1996 (author unknown) needs to be

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 04/19/2012 11:05 AM, Bob Hoffman wrote: I think his post about the internet was a tongue in cheek quote about how rough and realistic responses can be on the net. Thats what I thought, but wanted to remove ambiguity. We have some super cool people in and around the project, I just feel we

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:06 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 04/18/12 4:08 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the process of building CentOS wasn't perfect.   But now that it is, I guess that doesn't matter. isn't that

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-19 Thread Giles Coochey
On 19/04/2012 01:28, Larry Martell wrote: 18) If you're on AOL, don't worry about anything I've said here. You're already a fucking laughing stock, and there's no hope for you. Oh, that fateful day when AOL joined usenet, and usenet died. ___

[CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Johnny Hughes
The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our community interactive areas that we need to address. As most of you know, the project provides CentOS software free of charge and we also provide community areas like a Wiki, Mailing Lists, IRC Channels and Fora for our users to

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Antaryami Khuda
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our community interactive areas that we need to address. Dear Johnny, Your past history clearly shows this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Antaryami Khuda antaryamikh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Johnny, Your past history clearly shows this is a case of the pot calling the kettle black. But, a very welcome change... CentOS is a project clearly capable of competing with the best commercial products

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 04/18/2012 02:25 PM, Antaryami Khuda wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our community interactive areas that we need to address. Dear Johnny, Your past history clearly shows this is

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote:  I am not necessarily nice to people who want to get me to tell them how to create a competitor to CentOS ... but I digress. As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the process of building CentOS

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread R - elists
As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the process of building CentOS wasn't perfect. But now that it is, I guess that doesn't matter. -- Les Mikesell please dont recall Les... let it go your memory is poor. - rh

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/18/12 4:08 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: As I recall you weren't necessarily nice to anyone who suggested the process of building CentOS wasn't perfect. But now that it is, I guess that doesn't matter. isn't that special. how passive aggressive of you. -- john r pierce

Re: [CentOS] A request from the CentOS Project

2012-04-18 Thread Larry Martell
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Johnny Hughes joh...@centos.org wrote: The CentOS Project seems to be having a problem within some of our community interactive areas that we need to address. As most of you know, the project provides CentOS software free of charge and we also provide