[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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