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On 04/04/2011 06:47 AM, Markus Falb wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 3.4.2011 23:57, Steve Clark wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Big issue I saw with Scientific Linux was a lack of commitment to long
term support matching what RedHat and Centos provide.
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This seems to be true.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/">https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/">https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/</a>
Assuming that CentOS is supporting as long as RedHat:
CentOS 5 until March 31, 2014
SL 5 until at least 2012-02-02
CentOS 6 until November 30, 2017
SL 6 until at least 2014-11-11
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<pre wrap="">tp://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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From the Scientic WebPage<br>
"<br>
Minor Releases <br>
Scientific Linux has plans to make a minor release based on each of
the Enterprise Updates for the latest major release. Minor releases
for the older major releases will occur much less frequently. So for
the Scientific Linux 3.0.x line, we will make minor releases for
each Enterprise Update, until Scientific Linux 4.0.x is released. We
will then make the 4.0.x minor releases for each of the Enterprise 4
Updates, and only occasionally create a minor release for the 3.0.x
line. <br>
The minor releases will be named according to their corresponding
update release. Hence, Scientific Linux 3.0.1 corresponded with
Update 1, 3.0.2 will correspond with Update 2. <br>
The minor releases will also be a time for the installer to be
enhanced, programs to be added or removed, and other minor tweeking.
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Administrators should be able to use yum or apt to get from one
minor release to another, without much hassle.<br>
"<br>
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I read this as not being keeping up with minor releases.<br>
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<b>NetWolves</b><br>
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Phone: 813-579-3200<br>
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