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04-19-2012, 02:09 PM
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Registered: Aug 2009
Location: NC, USA
Distribution: Slackware (64 bit)
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Originally Posted by caitlyn
The website is the public face of Slackware. Don't underestimate how significant an outage of six days and counting is.
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It's about as significant as your commentary.
Recommend reloading this thread about a year from now just to see just how significant a slackware.com outage was.  |
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04-19-2012, 02:20 PM
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#212
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Registered: Jul 2006
Location: Tampa, FL, USA
Distribution: Slackware64-14
Posts: 818
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Slackware Store working again, by the way. |
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04-19-2012, 02:28 PM
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Slackware Contributor
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 4,684
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan
Fire? Flames? I'm not seeing them. All I saw was one person overreacting, and that would have happened even without vtel57's blog entry.
This thread should be kept open for its original purpose, which is news.
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I agree that vtel57's blog post did not cause distress for Slackware team members including Pat. There are some who ran away with twisted-around versions of that blog post and those are the ones causing damage if any. Eric's post was sincere and I have no issues at all with that, or his later comments.
As for this thread, it only serves as a means to let the discussion fester. All that should be said, has been said. There is no "news" to be had here.
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04-19-2012, 02:41 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2010
Distribution: F16 | SL | Arc
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from irc channel #slackware freenode.net
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SLACKWARE.COM is DOWN for now. Slackware is not dead and never will be!
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Great! Thanks. |
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04-19-2012, 05:31 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Midwest USA, Central Illinois
Distribution: SlackwareŽ
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Hi,
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Originally Posted by dugan
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And Onebuck, I don't think it was appropriate to put Caitlyn's name in quotes. Especially since you know it's her RL name.
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I do not see a problem here using the posted information in reference to 'Caitlyn'. |
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04-19-2012, 07:17 PM
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#216
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Registered: Apr 2011
Distribution: Slackware64 14.0 & Slackware 13.37
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It's back. Slow, but back hopefully will be full speed again soon.
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04-19-2012, 07:19 PM
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Registered: Aug 2009
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It's back up and it looks full speed to me. Woohoo! Go Slackware go!
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04-19-2012, 07:19 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Canada
Distribution: distro hopper
Posts: 3,668
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SWEET!
NOW I'm in favour of closing the thread. Onebuck, would you like to do the honors?
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04-19-2012, 07:41 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: Tampa, FL, USA
Distribution: Slackware64-14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blue_k
it's back. Slow, but back hopefully will be full speed again soon.
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yay! Yippee! Yahoooo! |
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04-19-2012, 07:56 PM
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#220
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Registered: Dec 2008
Location: New York
Distribution: Slack -current, Aptosid, Squeeze
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Nothing to see here folks...everybody move along now. |
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04-19-2012, 08:00 PM
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#221
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Registered: Jan 2009
Distribution: Slackware 14.0
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www.slackware.com is back up and all is right with the world once again...
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04-19-2012, 09:30 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Canada
Distribution: distro hopper
Posts: 3,668
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Before this thread is closed, I need to say this.
It's time to congratulate Eric on maintaining such an exemplary level of transparency. I mean, can you imagine anyone else publically admitting that financial issues have anything to do with a server outage, even if it's true?
It's also time to congratulate Pat for having spent this difficult time delivering what his actual market wants. Not only did he fix the server and the store, he also pushed updates to -current during this time.
And it's time to congratulate the maintainers of Slackware's mirrors, who kept Slackware available so that no-one was inconvenienced by anything other than worry.
Last edited by dugan; 04-19-2012 at 09:33 PM.
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04-19-2012, 11:03 PM
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#223
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Registered: Apr 2011
Distribution: Slackware64 14.0 & Slackware 13.37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan
Before this thread is closed, I need to say this.
It's time to congratulate Eric on maintaining such an exemplary level of transparency. I mean, can you imagine anyone else publically admitting that financial issues have anything to do with a server outage, even if it's true?
It's also time to congratulate Pat for having spent this difficult time delivering what his actual market wants. Not only did he fix the server and the store, he also pushed updates to -current during this time.
And it's time to congratulate the maintainers of Slackware's mirrors, who kept Slackware available so that no-one was inconvenienced by anything other than worry.
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+1000000
Thank you to everyone involved in Slackware. Slackware wouldn't be possible without you guys. |
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04-19-2012, 11:56 PM
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#224
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 3,653
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I'm a relative newcomer to Slackware; I've run Slackware for 8 years. Over the years I've tried a variety of distros and BSDs. Slackware is home to me. Slackware continues to deliver legendary stability, security, and excellent applications.
I get a really good chuckle when I read the doom and gloom bloggers, it reminds me a lot of some tabloids I could name.
Slackware is a rock. |
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04-20-2012, 12:39 AM
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#225
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Slackware Contributor
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: New Zealand
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 980
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The web server is still a work in progress so expect further interruptions.
Be kind to it and let's not freak out if it goes down again.
Thanks
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