From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11023 invoked by alias); 6 Feb 2020 01:30:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact overseers-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: overseers-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 10995 invoked by uid 89); 6 Feb 2020 01:30:55 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-99.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_SPF_HELO,KHOP_HELO_FCRDNS,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_NEUTRAL,USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=HX-Languages-Length:872, services, our X-HELO: cgf.cx Received: from external.cgf.cx (HELO cgf.cx) (107.170.62.102) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 01:30:54 +0000 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 cgf.cx 10C7C40174 X-Spam-CGF-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.3 spammy=choose, time!, H*r:unknown, time Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (unknown [100.0.105.127]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Wed, 5 Feb 2020 20:30:50 -0500 (EST) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:30:50 -0500 Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 01:30:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: Carlos O'Donell Cc: overseers@sourceware.org, Florian Weimer Subject: Re: Choice of distribution for new sourceware.org server? Message-ID: <20200206013050.GA16275@cgf.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Carlos O'Donell , overseers@sourceware.org, Florian Weimer References: <74e963de-f7c8-33d0-d133-ada427c000a4@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <74e963de-f7c8-33d0-d133-ada427c000a4@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SW-Source: 2020-q1/txt/msg00058.txt On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 08:05:01PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote: >May I ask why CentOS 8 was chosen as the distribution choice for >the new sourceware.org servers? > >Is there any reason that RHEL 8 was not chosen? > >Alternatively Fedora Server on a faster update cycle? > >Was there any requirement or discussion around which distribution >to choose for the new server? > >I can see RHEL 8 serving as a better platform than CentOS 8, particularly >if Red Hat donates the licenses. > >Likewise using Fedora Server would keep all of our services running on >the latest distribution with access to new server-side tooling for CI. > >Thank you for your time! I have suggested Fedora in the past and would be happy to be using it. I don't know what the difference would be between CentOS 8 and RHEL 8 though. cgf