[ag-automation] OSADL Latest Stable

[Robert Schwebel]

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 09:49:30AM +0200, Robert Schwebel wrote:
> as you might know, we are packaging the RT Preempt kernel for Debian.
> Until now, we also packaged the version which was declared as "OSADL
> Latest Stable". Since some time, this page suggests that the information
> about "latest stable" is now only accessible for OSADL members:
>
> https://www.osadl.org/Latest-Stable-Realtime.latest-stable-realtime-linux.0.html
>
> Which was also noticed by our automatic script which finds out if
> something needs to be re-packaged:
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 07:42:01AM +0200, Pengutronix Sisyphus Druid wrote:
> > failed to get version of osadl latest stable from website
>
> So I'd like to learn about the official position of OSADL for this
> topic: is the information about "latest stable" now considered secret
> "member-only" information?
>
> If yes:
>
> - we would have to stop packaging "latest stable" in order not to
>   disclose confidential information
>
> - As soon as this happens, we will be confronted with questions from the
>   Open Source community regarding the status of the OSADL Lastest Stable
>   kernel, e.g. why an Open Source organisation hides information from
>   the public.
>
> Could we get an official, public statement for our website about this
> issue?

Any news?

I'd like to avoid legal issues with our open source service because of
this.

Best regards,
Robert Schwebel
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