Connie, For completeness, in previous discussions, there was also a 4th choice that was recognised. 4. Adopt CentOS "RHEL binaries from CentOS "compose" is done at CentOS Add-on repositories for scientific specific RPMs as required This has many of the Pros/Cons of option 3 but would also allow us potentially to have a stronger influence on CentOS core while having some less flexibility to deviate from the mainstream. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alex Owen > Sent: 25 March 2014 11:02 > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: SL / CentOS Request for Comment > > 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]