[CentOS] Will CentOS 6.1 still be supported?
wwp
subscript at free.fr
Thu Dec 22 07:35:35 UTC 2011
Hello,
On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:46:17 -0800 Edward Martinez <edwardm1 at live.com> wrote:
> On 12/21/11 13:00, John R Pierce wrote:
> > On 12/21/11 1:30 PM, Edward Martinez wrote:
> >> Now I understand, I'm currently downloading 254 packages, once it
> >> finishes downloading, then i will be using 6.2, presumably i need to
> >> reboot the OS.
> >> So redhat/centos model works different than Fedoras; where the
> >> previous release is still supported for approximately 13 months.
> > the previous release (centos 5) is supported for like 7 years or something.
> >
> > fedora doesn't have rollups or point releases at all.
> >
> >
>
> Thinking about it I should of used OpenBSD's model; when they do a
> point release every six months, the previous point release is
> still maintained, until another point release. . Now I understand
> that redhat/centos uses a different model; where the newest point
> release replaces
> the previous point release. Hope i got it:-)
Yep, and this is exactly why I switched from Fedora to CentOS, and I'm
happy with it!
Regards,
--
wwp
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