Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > Hi Jaroslaw, > It seems like a good idea to me, for all the reasons you mention. > Has there been any discussion with the CentOS people? No, (as far as I know..) I would prefer that first we - SL developers/maintainers - have a common concept before eventually doing that ... (if possible ..) > How about in the > labs, is there worry about depending on an external, non-commercial entity? That I don't know: but currently labs are depending on few (4-5) people from other labs (also non-commercial entities ..): besides the current expertise would stay where it is right now: could just be used differently.. (and as long as RHEL publishes sources there is always a 'way out': CentOS has proven itself reliable in past years - shall it disappear one day .. we could manage that ...) .. and adding to my previous auments: upgrade path from SL(X)4 to CentOS 5 would not be any revolution, but rather smooth evolution for current SL users ... Cheers Jarek __ ------------------------------------------------------- _ Jaroslaw_Polok ___________________ CERN - IT/FIO/LA _ _ http://home.cern.ch/~jpolok ___ tel_+41_22_767_1834 _ _____________________________________ +41_78_792_0795 _