[WBEL-users] Rsync Updates Organizing

[David Mir]

Listen, I think what he means is that the WhiteBox users are a community 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]


Community \Com*mu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. Communities. [L. communitas:
   cf. OF. communit['e]. Cf. Commonalty, and see Common.]
   1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a
      community of goods.

So no one saying that john and vikki are responsible, there is no need to 
point fingers.  Some of us (and I believe as more people start noticing, most 
of us) don't like updates disappearing from the main distro server 
(ncsu.edu).  So those of us are using the mailing list for users (your 
looking at it) to communicate to start keeping updates .... up to date! With 
or without john/vikki (no offense if they don't have time, they don't have 
time which is fine).  So lets drop the "if you don't like it leave.." 
garbage, if you don't want to contribute stop reading this thread.  For those 
who want to get together lets do it and start this thing.

On Friday 19 November 2004 12:36 pm, William Hooper wrote:
> Michiel van Es said:
> [snip]
>
> > That sucks big time!
> > Is this a COMMUNITY distro or not?
>
> http://whiteboxlinux.org/
> "White Box Linux's initial creation has been sponsored by the Beauregard
> Parish Public Library in DeRidder, LA USA out of self interest."
>
> Who says anything about "COMMUNITY"?  The library decided to do a rebuild
> of the publically available RPMs for their use, and to provide a copy of
> it to the world.  End of story.  If you don't like how Whitebox is managed
> (which is your right), then there are other rebuild projects that may
> better suit your style.  If I were John, everyone yelling at me would make
> me more likely to shut off the main mirror and just keep the work I did
> for myself.  Luckily, I'm not John.

-- 
David Mir
Sys Admin 
mir@_remove_MEsoartech.com