[WBEL-devel] frills for WBEL?

[Hedemark, Magnus]

donavan nelson [mailto:donavan@4wx.net] said:

> I didn't see that public stated.  Perhaps you received 
> private email.  

You never can tell with this list. :-/

> My
> objection to the additions was putting them in the "core" 
> distribution.  An
> extras/frills/bonus CD combined with an ISO/yum repository is 
> certainly an
> excellent idea.

Glad we're in agreement. :)

> Management of this repository take time and effort on several 
> peoples parts. 
> I'd be more than willing to manage such a repository on my 
> website including
> serving as the main respository.  

Excellent.

> I would guess the bandwidth deal could be in place with a 
> phone call or two
> and a couple of gentleman's agreements.  I've yet to find any 
> solid interest
> in the hardware donations.  Any suggestions?

Try some of the Linux-only vendors like Penguin Computing or Pogo Linux.
They might be REALLY excited at the idea of a polished enterprise-class
distro that they can deploy freely with their products.