[CentOS] New Kernel

[Bards1888]

Johnny Hughes wrote:

>On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 21:05 +1000, Bards1888 wrote:
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>>Is the new kernel 2.6.9-34 the one that will come with 4.3 ?
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>As Cap and Karanbir have already said yes :)
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>But the reason it was released already, along with some other packages,
>BEFORE 4.3 is that it is a Security release.
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>During the update sets, the upstream provider releases security updates,
>bugfix updates, and enhancement updates.  We release the security
>updates ASAP after they are released ... but the bugfix and enhancement
>updates come later along with the full point release (ie, 4.3), and the
>ISOs.  This full process is generally completed within 2 weeks, while
>the security updates generally come out within a couple of days.
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>Thanks,
>Johnny Hughes 
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That was exactly what I was getting at. Thanks for enlightening me.

Bards.