Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-08 Thread James Szinger
On Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:21:35 -0600 Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 7:33 am, James Szinger > wrote: > > Undelivered -devel packages and modularity are killer anti-features > > of EL 8—it is way too hard to build the software I need. > > Honestly I don't think modularity is

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-07 Thread Matthew Miller
On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 08:44:37AM -0700, Ken Dreyer wrote: > It's too early to say that this hypothetical workflow is a replacement for > Fedora. Things still show up in RHEL 8 ahead of CentOS Stream. I don't suggest that it's a replacement, but it can be complementary. > > A strong Fedora

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-07 Thread Matthew Miller
On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 11:41:01AM +0100, p...@uni-bremen.de wrote: > Well, where should we discuss further proceedings? Is it this generic > devel list, is it ser...@lists.fedoraproject.org? Another one? Yes, let's take it to that list. Everyone interested, join us over there. :) -- Matthew

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-07 Thread Michael Catanzaro
On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 7:33 am, James Szinger wrote: Undelivered -devel packages and modularity are killer anti-features of EL 8—it is way too hard to build the software I need. Honestly I don't think modularity is a serious problem for end users. Missing -devel packages is unbelievably

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-07 Thread Ken Dreyer
On Fri, Dec 4, 2020, 3:25 PM Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 02:16:23PM -0800, Japheth Cleaver wrote: > > be a better-engineered and tested option. But as time goes on and > > the next EL release isn't either isn't announced or isn't stable > > enough to rely on, Fedora Server

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-07 Thread pboy
> Am 04.12.2020 um 20:33 schrieb Matthew Miller : > >> ... >> Just in case it is indeed considered useful and desirable I could >> contribute various Fedora Server related/specific documentations and >> how-to's, e.g. an annotated step-by-step guide to setup a basic server >> which can get

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-05 Thread James Szinger
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 01:24:22 +0100 p...@uni-bremen.de wrote: > I see advantages sui generis in Fedora Server over CentOS, not "just" > an interim solution or workaround until the next CentOS version is > released. You get (almost) all the positive features that make CentOS > /RHEL stand out (well

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread pboy
> Am 04.12.2020 um 23:16 schrieb Japheth Cleaver : > > On 12/4/2020 12:35 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> >> ... >> >> For the people who were using it as servers, it was split between getting >> ready for the next RHEL/CentOS they would be deploying, they needed packages >> which were

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread pboy
> Am 04.12.2020 um 20:33 schrieb Matthew Miller : > > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 07:53:12PM +0100, p...@uni-bremen.de wrote: >> Just in case it is indeed considered useful and desirable I could >> contribute various Fedora Server related/specific documentations and >> how-to's, e.g. an annotated

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 02:16:23PM -0800, Japheth Cleaver wrote: > be a better-engineered and tested option. But as time goes on and > the next EL release isn't either isn't announced or isn't stable > enough to rely on, Fedora Server probably sees more use as a > quasi-stable release base.. This

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Japheth Cleaver
On 12/4/2020 12:35 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: Anecdata which is as 'useful' as any other. Most of the people I have dealt with in the last 4 years with Server have been using it mainly as a replacement for the Everything DVD and because it was the most 'un-opinionated' release of

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Felix Schwarz
Am 04.12.20 um 21:35 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen: Anecdata which is as 'useful' as any other. just some additional experience from my side: - Fedora provides a recent PHP (unlike RHEL 7) but also ships the full PHP stack required to run popular PHP applications like WordPress/NextCloud/...

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
On Friday, 04 December 2020 at 20:51, Josh Boyer wrote: [...] > For those using it for traditional server use cases, why? What about > it do you find better than something like CentOS? Here are my reasons, in no particular order: 1. Because that's what I use on my desktops. 2. Because latest

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 at 15:17, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 02:51:45PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > > It would be interesting if we had a set of use cases Fedora Server > > actually solves. So far in this thread we've seen people use it, but > > it reads to me like they use it to

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 02:51:45PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > It would be interesting if we had a set of use cases Fedora Server > actually solves. So far in this thread we've seen people use it, but > it reads to me like they use it to get a boiled down installation of > Fedora. So is Fedora

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Josh Boyer
On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 2:33 PM Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 07:53:12PM +0100, p...@uni-bremen.de wrote: > > I’m not a maintainer but I use Fedora Server for a lot of our university > > research institutions infrastructure (and I’m a dormant member of Fedora > > docs). > > > >

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 07:53:12PM +0100, p...@uni-bremen.de wrote: > I’m not a maintainer but I use Fedora Server for a lot of our university > research institutions infrastructure (and I’m a dormant member of Fedora > docs). > > Just in case it is indeed considered useful and desirable I could

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread pboy
> Am 04.12.2020 um 19:08 schrieb Matthew Miller : > > It's not a matter of making changes for change's own sake, but I would hope > that we'd have some level of innovation and experimentation in Fedora > Server. There are also just normal things like marketing materials, > promotion, blog

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Neal Gompa wrote: > > No one is talking about making it go away, just de-editioning it. I'd > > definitely prefer it to remain an edition, but we need it to be more active > > for that to work. > Having an active team is one thing, but making changes just

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Eduard Lucena
I'm not part of the server WG, but a super interested user. Count me in to help if needed. Br, El vie, 4 dic 2020 a las 14:00, Neal Gompa () escribió: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:49 AM Matthew Miller > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 10:03:24AM +0100, Fabio Valentini wrote: > > > I

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Neal Gompa
On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:49 AM Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 10:03:24AM +0100, Fabio Valentini wrote: > > I agree, sign me up! I've been using Fedora Server for years for my > > own projects and it's been 99.9% flawless, so I would be sad if it > > went away. > > No one is

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 10:03:24AM +0100, Fabio Valentini wrote: > I agree, sign me up! I've been using Fedora Server for years for my > own projects and it's been 99.9% flawless, so I would be sad if it > went away. No one is talking about making it go away, just de-editioning it. I'd definitely

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-04 Thread Fabio Valentini
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 6:48 PM Ben Cotton wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 11:14 -0500, Neal Gompa wrote: > > > There were a number of people interested in helping with reviving the > > Server WG, myself included. But we don't know how to have that move > > forward. We've never really had a

Re: The future of Fedora Server (was Re: Fedora 34 Change: Make Fedora CoreOS a Fedora Edition (System-Wide Change))

2020-12-03 Thread Alexander Scheel
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 12:52 PM Ben Cotton wrote: > > On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 11:14 -0500, Neal Gompa wrote: > > > There were a number of people interested in helping with reviving the > > Server WG, myself included. But we don't know how to have that move > > forward. We've never really had a