Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-06 Thread Dag Wieers
On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, James Bunnell wrote: On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:57 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: James Bunnell wrote: 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 o

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread William L. Maltby
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:01 -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. Respectfully, when I was doing this profess

RE: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Jim Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > >> 2. You can not be a ass on our IRC channels, or on our mailing lists. > > > > I object to your language on the list! > > > > You MUST use the word "an" as a prepositio

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Anne Wilson
I think we've fed the troll enough for this month. Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Jim Perrin
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> 2. You can not be a ass on our IRC channels, or on our mailing lists. > > I object to your language on the list! > > You MUST use the word "an" as a preposition to a noun beginning with a vowel!

RE: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Johnny Hughes wrote: > 2. You can not be a ass on our IRC channels, or on our mailing lists. I object to your language on the list! You MUST use the word "an" as a preposition to a noun beginning with a vowel! What is this world coming to! -Ross __

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Johnny Hughes
James Bunnell wrote: On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:19 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: 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 thi

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 18:34 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Subscribing to centos-devel or starting a SIG or doing a project on > http://projects.centos.org/ does not require *any* invitation and that > is where involvement starts. Well, it even does start on a lower level - > by supporting othe

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 10:35:18AM -0600, James Bunnell wrote: > > 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 > >

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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 wh

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ralph Angenendt
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ralph Angenendt
James Bunnell wrote: > i was told early on, that it took an invite to get involved. Subscribing to centos-devel or starting a SIG or doing a project on http://projects.centos.org/ does not require *any* invitation and that is where involvement starts. Well, it even does start on a lower level - b

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ray Van Dolson
> 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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Martyn Drake
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:04 PM, James Bunnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. Is this an apolo

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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 o

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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 suppor

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 05 June 2008 16:54:08 James Bunnell wrote: > you expect people to use OSS and be treated like crap? being treated > like crap is the competitor's job. > It's no-one's job to be treated like crap. Under any circumstance. > > You're not going to find many volunteers who react well to be

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:54:08AM -0600, James Bunnell wrote: > > 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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Anne Wilson
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? Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed me

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Martyn Drake
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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 >

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ray Van Dolson
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 > > r

RE: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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,pe

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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 > > ker

RE: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
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 t

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:54 +0100, Karanbir Singh 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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread James Bunnell
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 t

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Ralph Angenendt
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Jim Perrin
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 t

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Johnny Hughes
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

Re: [CentOS] kernels and irc

2008-06-05 Thread Karanbir Singh
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