[CentOS-devel] Zero day updates upstream
Matt Hyclak
hyclak at math.ohiou.edu
Thu Mar 15 21:54:52 UTC 2007
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 09:50:55PM +0000, Karanbir Singh enlightened us:
> Something to talk about while we prep C-5 for release...
>
> There were some packages that were updated along with release, I can
> imagine this was since the tree must have been frozen a while before
> actual release upstream. However, we dont have that problem - the tree
> hasent been released.
>
> So, what does everyone thing ? Should we release the tree with the
> updates rolled in ? or should we release the tree exactly as upstream
> did, and also provide the updates to go alongside - but in the updates
> repo ?
>
> One thing that I would be very hesitant to update would be the kernel,
> since updating that would imply updating the installer kernel as well.
> Which is going to cause lots of issues since its known that vendors and
> support people will ask for specific kernels at specific times ( eg.
> installed with x.y.z and 5.0.0 )
>
> - KB
I vote we stick with upstream and just make the updates available
immediately in the updates repo.
Matt
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