Re: [CentOS] CentOS-4.4 - Some major changes on the way

Simon J Mudd wrote:

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"ALL these changes will be implemented upstream and rolled out in the released source code, so they will be incorporated into CentOS as well."

Then, yes, I misread the original post and apologise. I had assumed that the CentOS developers were planning on providing newer versions than the upstream source.

We do provide such packages ( eg. php5 and mysql5 ), in alternative non-core repositories. ( eg. CentOS Plus ). These are disabled by default. User intervention is required to get them enabled / setup. Using a standard install and not changing parameters on your package manager ensures you stay with the base distro, which tracks upstream only.