CentOS Project Administrator Goes AWOL 492
An anonymous reader writes "Lance Davis, the main project administrator for CentOS, a popular free 'rebuild' of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux, appears to have gone AWOL. In an open letter from his fellow CentOS developers, they describe the precarious situation the project has been put in. There have been attempts to contact him for some time now, as he's the sole administrator for the centos.org domain, the IRC channels, and apparently, CentOS funds. One can only hope that Lance gets in contact with them and gets things sorted out."
Wedding bells? (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe he and Alan Cox have eloped?
Insert your own reiserfs joke here... (Score:5, Funny)
Brazil (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe he's hiking in Brazil. Did anyone ever think of that?
Re:Hiking.... (Score:3, Funny)
Has anyone checked to see if he's hiking in the Applachians?
(fixed spelling)
Well, given that he's a computer geek, I think it's safe to say he's not spending time with his Argentinian mistress.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Score:5, Funny)
It'd be be like Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but really nerdy.
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
if he's lying in a comma, maybe we can just turn him into an exclamation point instead and everything will be just be great!
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
Right. Just ask Gov Mark Sanford.
He was just out hiking the Appalachian Trail and his staff and the media and his constituents got all verklempt.
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
Re:tradgedy (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly 66% of the four CentOS users are affected.
Re:He took the money (Score:2, Funny)
> He probably took the money and ran.
He's now creating his fork called BucksOS.
Re:He took the money (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not sure how far he's gonna get with $27.50, a bag of skittles, and an old copy of 2600.
OMG You Didn't (Score:5, Funny)
OMG, you guys hired Soandso. He was with our company. He knocked up 3 admin assistants, and the guy that fixes the copier. He peed in the coffee pot in the break room. As a joke, he put our proprietary code up for sale on Craig's List. The worst of it was when he used 3 months of petty cash and donated it to McCain/Palin 2008.
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
Then again he may be on his period, or have problems with his colon.
What an arm (Score:3, Funny)
Uh oh... (Score:3, Funny)
He told his wife he had to fly out, to meet the other CentOS developers... in Buenos Aires...
Re:OMG You Didn't (Score:1, Funny)
OMG, you guys hired Soandso. He was with our company. He knocked up 3 admin assistants, and the guy that fixes the copier. He peed in the coffee pot in the break room. As a joke, he put our proprietary code up for sale on Craig's List. The worst of it was when he used 3 months of petty cash and donated it to McCain/Palin 2008.
You frequently commented about how the coffee tasted like piss-water. Would it have hurt you to chip in a little for the coffee supplies or to make a fresh pot when you took the last cup or to even wipe the counter off? Apparently it would since you never did any of those things.
Your unwarranted criticism of my code was ill received. The remarks about getting better code from Rent a Coder or Craiglist were especially hurtful. FYI I got enough from the code sale to cover the coffee supplies.
As for the petty cash donation to McCain//Palin I thought that would make you happy. After all, you're the one who was going around saying "I'd hit that!" about Palin and her daughter. In the meantime I was actually hitting the admin assistants and the copy repairman to boot.
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe he killed his wife and needs some time to remove the passenger front seat. Takes some time to clean up you know? Geez, cut him some slack!
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
Someone who isn't actively connected to the project won't f*ck up alot of other people's servers just for the hell of it. Right now there's not a problem (legally), but if he intentionally screws up packages there will be. Yeah if you're paranoid, don't update your servers and/or rebuild from official RH srpms. Or buy RH support.
I just asked a friend who works for RH and he can't confirm or deny they've kidnapped him. Hmm .....
Out to Lunch (Score:5, Funny)
Lance Davis, the first editor of Centos, who never actually resigned from his job. He simply left one morning for lunch and never returned to his office, making all later holders of the position "Acting Editors." His old office is still preserved by the Centos volunteers in the hope that he will return. His desk sports a sign that reads "Missing, presumed fed."
Re:Peace (Score:5, Funny)
But still, would it really be that hard to post something like "Wife dead, BRB" on the mailing list?
Re:Three words... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Peace (Score:2, Funny)
Oh.
brb
Re:Wait a little more (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wait a little more (Score:5, Funny)
Rambo V: Systems Administrator.
This time... it's technical.
Re:Peace (Score:2, Funny)
Reckon. Your TF2 clan is more organised than the company I work for.
Re:Is This Bus Syndrome? (Score:2, Funny)
My prediction is that either the Admin will turn up or (worst case) won't.
An amazing grasp of the obvious, Mr. AC!
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Re:Peace (Score:3, Funny)