[BlueOnyx:06547] Re: Trouble in the CentOS camp

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

User Ernie wrote:
> Originally BlueQuartz was written for Fedora, I think it was I that
> suggested to the list to port it to CentOS many years ago, now we are locked in. 
> How hard would it be to go back to Fedora as a base for BlueOnyx if it hits the fan
> in the CentOS camp?

Could it be done?  Yeah.  Should it be done?  Not on your life.

Fedora is a HORRIBLE platform for BlueOnyx.  Fedora is a fine tool for 
development and arguably for desktop use.  I would never suggest any 
server be run on Fedora (although I'm well aware plenty of folks do).

Fedora is a work in progress.  It's not intended to be supported for an 
extended period of time.  Generally speaking, a new Fedora is released 
about every 6 months and has a support lifecycle of about 13 months. 
For instance, Fedora 14 is the current release.  Around October 31 of 
this year (2011), Fedora 16 is slated for release and 1 month after that 
Fedora 14 will no longer be supported and maintained.  It will be EOL.

As with many projects, there's some dissension in the ranks with the 
CentOS team right now.  This may also pass, or it may be fatal.  Worst 
case, we'll see CentOS fork into another project because there will 
ALWAYS be a call for a free Enterprise Linux (RHEL clone).  Years ago we 
took our production systems to Tao Linux which was one of the RHEL 
clones of the day.  When that project fell apart we had a bunch of boxes 
that were going to be orphaned.  No more maintenance, no more YUM 
updates... and then it was absorbed into CentOS.  We added the CentOS 
repos, YUM'd the boxes, and they rebooted as CentOS.  I have a feeling 
that's the way it will go if CentOS implodes.

But if all else fails... put down the Fedora ISO and back away slowly.

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Chris Gebhardt
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