Hi,
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 07:08:27AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
The upstream provider has started a new channel called fastrack. It is detailed here (see the whole thread):
https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2006-April/msg00001.html
CentOS will also build the fastrack SRPMS. We have created separate repositories in CentOS-3 and CentOS-4 called fasttrack. (I know the spelling is different, that is by design. We don't want to use the name of the upstream provider's program. Same as our use of CSGFS for Cluster Suite / Global File System, and not the upstream acronyms.)
The purpose of the CentOS-FastTrack repo is to provide Bugfix and Enhancement updates for people who choose to do these updates BETWEEN the point releases.
For example, there are currently 7 SRPMS that have been built for the CentOS-4 fasttrack repo ... they are here:
This is about i386/x86-64. As i hear about this first time from this public mailing list 'announcement', i have to say that this does not consern ia64, s390, s390x, alpha (or maybe sparc). I am quite fed up about how these things are handled. Usually i find out things like this. It's always nice to read about it on public mailing list first time.