Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-20 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: Hi, On 07/11/2012 03:44 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: I'm perhaps being unclear, An announcemenbt that goes out at the same time as the release itself is not helpful. They've selected as a Mirrors know about the

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-20 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday, July 20, 2012 08:27:05 AM Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: That's why I'm calling it an unannounced release. The lack of tentative release dates for CentOS has been only one of the reasons, for me at least, to use Scientific Linux instead wherever possible. It was a big problem with the 6.0

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-18 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi, On 07/11/2012 03:44 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: I'm perhaps being unclear, An announcemenbt that goes out at the same time as the release itself is not helpful. They've selected as a Mirrors know about the upcoming release well in advance - remember that we seed in excess of 1200 external

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-18 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/11/2012 02:01 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: Sure, CentOS do things differently. If it compiles, ship it. erm. No. Thats not how CentOS does it. SL will more than likely do a Beta, RC, then release - just like they have with each other point release. Would love to see this testing

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-18 Thread James Holland
On 18/07/12 13:36, Karanbir Singh wrote: On 07/11/2012 02:01 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: Sure, CentOS do things differently. If it compiles, ship it. erm. No. Thats not how CentOS does it. SL will more than likely do a Beta, RC, then release - just like they have with each other point release.

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-18 Thread zxq9
On 07/18/2012 09:36 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: On 07/11/2012 02:01 AM, Steven Haigh wrote: Sure, CentOS do things differently. If it compiles, ship it. erm. No. Thats not how CentOS does it. SL will more than likely do a Beta, RC, then release - just like they have with each other point

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-18 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 07/18/2012 01:58 PM, James Holland wrote: Would love to see this testing process/code documented somewhere and what the implications are. So we might be able to better and improve the process in CentOS as well. Is there a place where you document the CentOS processes? we are starting

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-18 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hey! On 07/18/2012 02:00 PM, zxq9 wrote: I'm sure Connie or Pat would be the people to ask about the QA process and probably happy to discuss is -- the site/wiki isn't always the focus at SL, it seems (forums aside, I think a lot of us here read/edit your wiki over at CentOS for non-dev

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-18 Thread James Holland
On 18/07/12 14:24, Karanbir Singh wrote: On 07/18/2012 01:58 PM, James Holland wrote: Would love to see this testing process/code documented somewhere and what the implications are. So we might be able to better and improve the process in CentOS as well. Is there a place where you document

Re: ypserv + NIS : was Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-12 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 06:54:59AM +0100, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: On Wed, 11 Jul 2012, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: Yawn. My favourite bug (6.2 ypserv does not respond to NIS broadcasts, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=829475) did not make 6.3, got pushed to 6.4. You

Re: ypserv + NIS : was Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-12 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: Yawn. My favourite bug (6.2 ypserv does not respond to NIS broadcasts, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=829475) did not make 6.3, got pushed to 6.4. You are not authorized to access bug #829475. Can you tell us more ?

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-11 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 08:49:29PM -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: A particular client's mirror of CentOS exploded today with the unannounced CentOS 6.3 release. Congratulations to them for such quick work: is there a nominal release date for SL 6.3, so I can make sure to allocate disk space?

ypserv + NIS : was Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-11 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: Yawn. My favourite bug (6.2 ypserv does not respond to NIS broadcasts, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=829475) did not make 6.3, got pushed to 6.4. You are not authorized to access bug #829475. Can you tell us more ? -- Dr.

Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-10 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
A particular client's mirror of CentOS exploded today with the unannounced CentOS 6.3 release. Congratulations to them for such quick work: is there a nominal release date for SL 6.3, so I can make sure to allocate disk space? I've actually got a mock setup, running SL 6.2, chewing its way

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-10 Thread Steven Haigh
On 11/07/2012 10:49 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: A particular client's mirror of CentOS exploded today with the unannounced CentOS 6.3 release. Congratulations to them for such quick work: is there a nominal release date for SL 6.3, so I can make sure to allocate disk space? What is it with

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-10 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Steven Haigh net...@crc.id.au wrote: On 11/07/2012 10:49 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: A particular client's mirror of CentOS exploded today with the unannounced CentOS 6.3 release. Congratulations to them for such quick work: is there a nominal release date for

Re: Looks like CentOS beat SL to 6.3 release

2012-07-10 Thread Alan Bartlett
On 11 July 2012 02:10, Akemi Yagi amy...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Steven Haigh net...@crc.id.au wrote: On 11/07/2012 10:49 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: A particular client's mirror of CentOS exploded today with the unannounced CentOS 6.3 release. Congratulations to