On 24/03/14 21:55, Connie Sieh wrote: > We would like your opinion on the following. > > Summary Proposal > ---------------- > > SL 5 - status quo -- continue building as we do now . > > SL 6 - status quo -- continue building as we do now . > > SL 7 - CentOS variant -- based off of CentOS core > > Thanks > > -Connie Sieh Dear All, I think that the proposal seems very sensible. I would add the following "Pros": * Clear where to report bugs and to send patches. I note that you "may re-evaluate in the future" how SL6 is built. I would caution against changing the SL6 build procedure, even in the future, for 2 reasons: (1) changing it will be a pain and will introduce new bugs in the build/test process. (2) maintaining the SL6 build infrastructure provides a credible backout plan should the centos merger fail. (I fully expect it to succeed!) Also with regards to the "Cons", particularly "Less control than currently". Even though we may loose some control I suspect that by hosting CentOS mirrors and possibly other infrastructure the HEP community may gain more respect and so more powers of persuasion... and so we can mitigate the loss of control that way. Regards Alex Owen -- Dr R A Owen School of Physics and Astronomy Senior Physicist/Programmer Queen Mary University of London Tel: +44 20 7882 6559 327 Mile End Road, LONDON, E1 4NS, UK Fax: +44 20 7882 7033 Email: [log in to unmask]