CTI heads-up

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 7/6/26 9:55 PM, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jul  6, 2026, Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 6 Jul 2026, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>> On Jul  6, 2026, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why do you consider a mirror update issue without data loss a
>>>> "severe mishap?"
>>>
>>> A single mistake left mirrors all over severely outdated and in need of
>>> a lengthy recovery process.  It exposed several severe flaws in the
>>> service architecture:
> 
>> You could say similar things about the widespread data corruption on
>> Sourceware in August 2017 after a new SSD mirroring configuration was set
>> up, and the very ad hoc recovery process following that, for example.
> 
> I could indeed, though I think it's different for various reasons, but
> if you want to argue it's the same, having to pay now to move to a
> service level we used to get without charge 9 years ago, from a service
> that is even better now than it used to be then, doesn't make the move a
> very attractive proposition.

I disagree with your conclusion.

Yes the service costs more, it also offers more global scale, and robust
infrastructure with the opportunity to expand core infrastructure further
with sustainable sponsorship.

I disagree that it has been "without charge."

It has been Red Hat, Intel, IBM, Arm, NVIDIA, Embecosm, AdaCore, SUSE,
Cannocical or other supportive hardware or software partners in
collaboration with the GNU Toolchain leadership that provided people,
hardware, colocation space, power, network etc. Those things have real
and tangible costs for projects of our size. I am very appreciative of
their support of the projects and our goals.

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Cheers,
Carlos.