On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Brunner, Brian T. wrote:
centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:
On 4/11/2011 10:55 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote:
centos-bounces@centos.org wrote:
The main support *I* need is timely updates and releases.
This is the key indicator that says you want RHEL not CentOS.
That's only true if you think the CentOS team is incapable of matching some definition of 'timely'.
Proved to be so, with great pain for some.
To take a relativistic approach, entities (people or corporations) who are uncomfortable with CentOS's notion of "timely" will be less so with RH's notion of "timely", since RHEL defines the product for which we're waiting. RH is the Time(0) of the process.
Speed costs money, time costs money and/or patience.
You must either shell out the money for RHEL, or you must shell out time for CentOS.
Considering you follow the "it's released when it's ready" mantra, what are you comfortable with ? A one month delay between upstream and CentOS ? Two months ? Three months (CentOS 5.6) ? Four months ? Five months ? Six months (CentOS 6.0) ? When it's ready ?
Regarding CentOS 5.6, all users using it should not have a problem if the security updates are 3 months behind ? Maybe in 12 months Karanbir has a kid, Johnny disappears again. Would four months be acceptable ? Maybe five months ?
No no, it's released when it's ready. Even if it takes 6 months and the next release is out before CentOS is ready ? 3 months is halfway through the release, so you're vulnerable to security problems 50% of the time.
If you graph the releases since 2005, you can see it's becoming longer and longer. It never took 3 months before. A new base release never took 5 months.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS
I have been ringing the alarm-bell 2 years ago (CentOS 4.8) and nothing has changed. But hey, don't let me spoil your dinner, there is no problem. It's free, so questioning things is out of order.
http://dag.wieers.com/blog/centos-48-finally-there
The comments I got both came from the CentOS team, so you know where you stand if you provide a critical voice. I no longer expect any change.