[vox] centos project in possible trouble

Brian Lavender brian at brie.com
Fri Aug 7 19:31:47 PDT 2009


It appears that the problem has been resolved.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:36:06PM -0700, Jacob Taylor wrote:
> Uh-oh. Trouble in paradise? :/
> 
> On 7/30/2009 12:14 PM, Scott Miller wrote:
> > This can't be good:
> >
> > http://centos.org/
> >
> >
> >
> > July 30, 2009 04:39 UTC
> >
> > This is an Open Letter to Lance Davis from fellow CentOS Developers
> >
> > It is regrettable that we are forced to send this letter but we are
> > left with no other options. For some time now we have been attempting
> > to resolve these problems:
> >
> > You seem to have crawled into a hole ... and this is not acceptable.
> >
> > You have long promised a statement of CentOS project funds; to this
> > date this has not appeared.
> >
> > You hold sole control of the centos.org domain with no deputy; this is
> > not proper.
> >
> > You have, it seems, sole 'Founders' rights in the IRC channels with no
> > deputy ; this is not proper.
> >
> > When I (Russ) try to call the phone numbers for UK Linux, and for you
> > individually, I get a telco intercept 'Lines are temporarily busy' for
> > the last two weeks. Finally yesterday, a voicemail in your voice
> > picked up, and I left a message urgently requesting a reply. Karanbir
> > also reports calling and leaving messages without your reply.
> >
> > Please do not kill CentOS through your fear of shared management of the project.
> >
> > Clearly the project dies if all the developers walk away.
> >
> > Please contact me, or any other signer of this letter at once, to
> > arrange for the required information to keep the project alive at the
> > 'centos.org' domain.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Russ Herrold
> > Ralph Angenendt
> > Karanbir Singh
> > Jim Perrin
> > Donavan Nelson
> > Tim Verhoeven
> > Tru Huynh
> > Johnny Hughes
> >
> >
> 
> 
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