[3516] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Some concerns with the SIPB redhat installer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Tibbetts)
Mon Jun 18 12:10:31 2001
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:10:26 -0400
From: Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@MIT.EDU>
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Message-ID: <20010618121025.B28304@multics.mit.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <20010618120233.F20603@multics.mit.edu>; from jhawk@MIT.EDU on Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:02:33PM -0400
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:02:33PM -0400, John Hawkinson wrote:
> > (b) SIPB will get a less naive fix for this problem simply by moving
> > to Red Hat 7.1, although that fix seems to still be too
> > conservative.
>
> I don't know anything about what has to happen for this to take place,
> but I'm under the impression it is predicated on Athena doing so, and
> that one could not expect it in the timeframe of the 'next few weeks,'
> which is when it seems to me such an issue should be resolved.
I think that you overestimate the resources available to SIPB to
commit to this project. I sent mail earlier but failed to cc
linux-dev, so I will cover that ground again.
I think that SIPB should begin turning our efforts to a 7.1 installer
as soon as possible, rather than wasting effort on patching the 6.2
installer to support a problem that relatively few users run into. If
someone is willing to deal, than a documentation update on the install
one-sheet would be useful. But hacking new features into 6.2 is no
longer valuable, at this time.
tibbetts
