Posts by omenos@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #ARorLUNDQE67XZbE4e by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-01-20T01:19:48Z
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Did @gitea just change what commit the v1.18.2 tag pointed to? I have two email notifications from GitHub, both for 1.18.2 but:° First email points to 1ae2525° Second points to 3c531d3They were three hours apart in my inbox...
(DIR) Post #ARorLV3OtNqFePKupM by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-01-20T01:21:25Z
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(DIR) Post #ARosnKj6yxD1gSgMVs by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-01-20T01:56:31Z
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@gitea Thanks for the clarification, I assumed there was some hiccup in the automation pipeline.In the future, I might recommend just bumping the version or adding a patch-on-patch (x.y.z-Z) increment rather than the changing the commit the tag points to. Did a double take today and it gave me pause when I saw this earlier.
(DIR) Post #AVBgfdRU2Ftvs1yMpU by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-04-29T22:53:25Z
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General reminder for @fedora users:In just a little over two weeks (May 16) Fedora 36 will go EOL! Make sure you set aside some time to upgrade to Fedora 37 or Fedora 38 before then!If you need assistance, the documentation demonstrates how to upgrade with a variety of methods:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading/#fedora #fedoralinux #fedora36 #fedoralinux36 #eol #fedora37 #fedoralinux37 #fedora38 #fedoralinux38
(DIR) Post #AX2dPim3X9QYRHIhJQ by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-06-25T01:59:15Z
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YO WHEN WAS THIS CHANGED#RedHat's Developer Subscription for Individuals has been upped from 16 entitlements to 240!#rhel #enterpriselinux #almalinux #rockylinux #centos #centosstream #centoslinux #linux
(DIR) Post #AX2dPkwlSJBJB4KHHU by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-06-25T02:09:54Z
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AND WE CAN MAKE SUBSCRIPTION ALLOCATIONS NOWFor those that don't know what that means, it allows you to import your subscriptions directly into Foreman+Katello (Red Hat Satellite) rather than having to configure your own local mirror to do so.#linux #redhat #rhel #foreman #katello #satellite #management #linuxmanagement #sysadmin
(DIR) Post #AY0H39koaTvFhrXaka by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-07-19T12:56:21Z
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Getting a little tired of seeing the phrase "freeloader" thrown around online so casually regarding the RHEL situation. Mike McGrath has a post on LinkedIn that details that word out a bit more:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mrmikemcgrath_just-some-further-thoughts-on-this-week-activity-7080644263968997376-vrGA"Finally, I wanted to say something about the term "freeloaders" as I've seen many use it. This is a mostly internal term we have at Red Hat, it looks like at some point it slipped out in the public. So what does it mean?"1/x
(DIR) Post #AY0H3EmlsdSTJNUizg by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-07-19T12:57:28Z
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"A freeloader is when a large enterprise business has 20 RHEL licenses, 150,000 community rebuild systems, and sometimes hundreds of user accounts and hundreds of kbase searches per month. It's not the enthusiasts, it's not the hackers and coders, it's not the academics, and it's not the people that use rebuilders because they can't afford it. We really try not to use the term, but when we do, it's about the large companies that can afford to pay but don't."2/x
(DIR) Post #AY0H3M90WMP88Mx57o by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-07-19T13:04:00Z
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Red Hat does themselves no favors by having their own definitions and interpretations of common phrases. But being aware of that makes it a bit easier to read through RH commentary without getting riled up.3/x
(DIR) Post #AY0H3P9pJlqHTmMHJo by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-07-19T13:10:26Z
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Another term is "production", e.g. #RHEL is production-ready while @centos Stream is not. Stream is a perfectly capable production distribution, it's just not what Red Hat would define as production ready for their customer market.It has no support contract, no compliance certifications, no extended lifecycles, and no dedicated partner ecosystem certification.Does this mean it's a bad distro? Not at all! Don't get hung up on Red Hat's verbiage, which they are incentivized to say.x/x
(DIR) Post #AbvOwdIUXZyJ5284au by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-11-17T02:27:32Z
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For the #hare crew who have given this a try, thank you! I'll have an update published soon. I'm trying a newer commit so updating is seamless, but probably not the very latest commit (looks like it's got some problems).#harelang #fedoraFrom: @omenoshttps://fosstodon.org/@omenos/111404268866017469
(DIR) Post #AbvOweZXnfCr2D7CoS by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-11-18T05:39:39Z
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Alright, my #harelang update for #fedora is posted! Either run a #DNF upgrade or install #hare, hare-bin, and/or hare-src.The dependency chain has been fixed as follows:- qbe: (none)- harec: qbe- hare: hare-bin- hare-bin: hare, harec, ~hare-src- hare-src: (none)The thought behind this is to allow folks who want to work in a stdlib-less environment can opt out of installing the stdlib in the first place (--setopt install_weak_deps=False).
(DIR) Post #AcctV9Txd6JdleO6eO by omenos@fosstodon.org
2023-12-09T07:42:57Z
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@torresjrjr @tristan957 Hey all, I'm the maintainer of that COPR!I absolutely intend on getting Hare into Fedora, the COPR is the stepping stone sandbox for doing so. I've just been a bit busy lately and won't be able to really spend time on it until the end of the month.I don't think an unsteady release cycle will be much of a blocker. Fedora has mechanisms and measures for packaging these kind of tools.You can follow inclusion progress in this Bugzilla issue:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154514
(DIR) Post #AipbNk14Vx9Mi9UFqC by omenos@fosstodon.org
2024-06-07T05:33:51Z
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Someone offers you a paid gig to eliminate the need for Perl to exist within the Linux FOSS ecosystem.Do you accept?This would not mean rewriting Perl applications like Bugzilla, but dealing with Perl scripts and command line tools.For example, migrating the (according to GitHub) 71 Perl scripts in the Linux kernel tree to a different language* or finding a better way to just drop them.* excluding Raku and other Perl-like/derived languages.#foss #freesoftware #opensource #linux #perl
(DIR) Post #AipbNmJDzQrJp1zmPg by omenos@fosstodon.org
2024-06-08T21:47:16Z
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@profoundlynerdy Apologies, I'm going to copy the tone of your first paragraph:Have you (and several others responding) misunderstood this to poll to be a serious request or opinion of Perl?--I understand why it could be read that way, it wasn't my intent. I rewrote it a couple of times but finally settled on that due to character limits on my instance. It was meant to be more on the humorous side of things considering the absurdity and scale required of the idea.cc: @mjgardner
(DIR) Post #AipbNmunjiuthZZmz2 by omenos@fosstodon.org
2024-06-08T21:47:47Z
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@profoundlynerdy I'll be upfront: I'm not a Perl/Raku guy. Never have been, the specific need for Perl has never existed in my work. I don't spend a lot of time in Perl's forte use case of text processing (yes, I know it can be used for much more). I usually end up looking at Perl scripts when I decide to see how a tool is doing something only to discover it's not a shell or Python script.
(DIR) Post #AipbNnfEx4401bIsMq by omenos@fosstodon.org
2024-06-08T21:48:49Z
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@profoundlynerdy I've made some attempts in the past to try and at least be able to understand what a script is doing. I'll be honest that there is some syntax that is a black box of magic to me. There's the joke that Perl is a "write only language", for me it's not that far off as long as I'm not the one doing the writing 😂 Like with most languages it can be relatively okay to see and follow the general flow of things, but if I was asked to debug or author any Perl I would be outta luck.
(DIR) Post #AipbNnyNntNMyyGACm by omenos@fosstodon.org
2024-06-08T21:49:03Z
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@profoundlynerdy I found #Raku to be an interesting project when it launched back in 2015. As you might have realized from my prior statements, I don't keep tabs on this space. How has adoption been amongst the Perl community and how much effort would one go through migrating from one to the other?I will say, the analogies of Swiss Army chainsaws and lightsabers did get a chuckle out of me 😆
(DIR) Post #Ak0a3SbahhTageQadE by omenos@fosstodon.org
2024-07-16T19:50:44Z
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@monsieurborni @LWN I would say associated is a bit of a broad term. I would go with "confused" instead. For example, let's look at the Red Hat ecosystem:RHEL, CentOS, Fedora. None of these legally related projects can be confused with each other. The numerous derived projects of Fedora (Nobara, Universal Blue, etc) aren't confused with Fedora proper.But SUSE and openSUSE? Before even getting to Leap or Tumbleweed one just sounds like a free version of the other.
(DIR) Post #Ak0a3TWfHV87Xf8Aam by omenos@fosstodon.org
2024-07-16T19:52:42Z
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@monsieurborni @LWN Which comes to the point of project vs product confusion. openSUSE shares a package pool base with SUSE, but the actual deliverables are not 1:1 with SUSE's offerings. As someone who had to explain the value of RHEL versus related projects like CentOS, I would not want the headache that would come from explaining the minute details of the SUSE ecosystem.It may seem straightforward to us, but many businesses don't make decisions based on our way of thinking.