On Tuesday 08 May 2007 9:19:23 am Jim Perrin wrote:
On 5/8/07, James N. Smith jnsmith@leschwartz.com wrote:
Good Morning,
Could anyone comment on the implications of the upcoming 4.5 release on users who are using 4.4 and are happy with it? By doing regular updates to my 4.4 machines am I essentially running 4.5? Are there any compelling lifespan reasons to upgrade from 4.4 to 4.5?
Minor numbers are update revisions. When 4.5 is released, and you run 'yum update' on 4.4, you'll get 4.5.
4.5 is 4.x + bug/security fixes to that point. The lifespan for centos4 is 7 years. During that time, you'll have 4.0 thru 4.18 or whatever the final minor point revision ends up being.
Basically yes, you want this upgrade.
I'm not sure I understand this reply. If a system is installed from 4.4, and regular updates are done, it's my understanding that there is no compelling reason to download and install 4.5; that the release of 4.5 is just to change the starting point for new installs.
Regards, Tim