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Comment on belated yum anniversary by snerd

snerd — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:07:56 +0000

Well done all persons concerned, and especially Seth. Just don’t attempt to consume a ball of energy bigger than your own head, or to turn into a snake - it never helps.

Comment on A util that needs to be written by snerd

snerd — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:05:12 +0000

Jag, don’t laugh, but this is why in a previous life I used to create an rpm to contain my local certs. It worked incredibly well.

If it’s worth putting in production, it’s worth packing properly. Entropy is not your friend!

Comment on belated yum anniversary by Thruhike98

Thruhike98 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:04:21 +0000

Happy anniversary. Yum is a fantastic tool.

Comment on belated yum anniversary by stickster

stickster — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:12:06 +0000

Thanks for six years of FOSS goodness, man. I remember running yum for the first time and saying. “Oh. OOOOOOHH. Right on!” So much for having to piddle with /etc/rpm/macros.

Comment on A util that needs to be written by skvidal

skvidal — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:41:38 +0000

The above is not intended to be a 100% catch for things. It will catch a lot of changes though. Beyond that you’d need some way of register paths for where to look for unowned/orphaned files to check on them being in the config mgmt system.

Comment on A util that needs to be written by Jag

Jag — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:29:39 +0000

That looks nice, but it misses all of the files that aren’t in rpms. I know there aren’t many files on a system that aren’t in rpms, but some of them are critical (ie ssl certs). Also, some applications (ie apache) tend to accumulate extra config files that aren’t in any rpms.

Comment on A util that needs to be written by Michael DeHaan

Michael DeHaan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:51:08 +0000

AFAIK, most config management systems don’t track this. They know what the rules are, but aren’t so good about auditing, and if they audit, less so in being able to programmatically parse all of that.

Best practices probably dictate fixing it in the config management system first, but then that sort of fails for a variety of reasons — it’s kind of like telling someone how to fix something over the telephone.

Hmm…

Comment on lenovo customer service/sales failure - the failboat is setting sail by Kristin Auman

Kristin Auman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:19:12 +0000

DO NOT buy a laptop from the Lenovo outlet! I purchased an R60 laptop and was sent the 3000n. Furthermore, I bought a redistributed laptop and the one I was sent was refurbished, which means it might have been used. The laptop has the Windows Vista icon on the computer but has XP installed. I called customer service about the problems. He would not let me return the laptop at full price. The problem is the confirmation email does not list the model. I had to pay a 15% fee as well as the shipping. I finally got in touch with a supervisor, who told me very rudely that he would look into the problem and call me back. Of couse I never heard from him so I e-mailed him. Again he never responded to my e-mails. I will NEVER buy a Lenovo laptop again and I will advise everyone I can that they should not purchase one either. LENOVO HAS TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Comment on dear rhythmbox by Casey Dahlin

Casey Dahlin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:25:59 +0000

I was looking at doing a smart shuffle feature for rhythmbox a while back that used fuzzy logic to determine which songs were more optimal to play next. True story.

Comment on dear rhythmbox by Michael DeHaan

Michael DeHaan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:02:26 +0000

/me queues up lots of Iron Maiden to block out the pain.