.... I am new to this list (got referred here from the fedora list, COLD ....) and have a few questions. I poked around CentOS.org & couldn't figure these out, so here goes:
1. What is the correspondence, if any, betwixt RHEL, err, I mean LNAELV version #'s and CentOS version #'s ?
2. Does CentOS plan to branch permanently away from LNAELV distribution, or periodically re-sync ?
3. How long have you been around, I have been looking for something like this for years now :-) ?
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 11:38 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
- What is the correspondence, if any, betwixt RHEL, err, I mean LNAELV
version #'s and CentOS version #'s ?
RHEL X = CentOS X.0 RHEL X Update Y = CentOS X.Y
- Does CentOS plan to branch permanently away from LNAELV distribution,
or periodically re-sync ?
There are some minor differences, but CentOS tracks RHEL very closely.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 11:38 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
- What is the correspondence, if any, betwixt RHEL, err, I mean LNAELV
version #'s and CentOS version #'s ?
RHEL X = CentOS X.0 RHEL X Update Y = CentOS X.Y
- Does CentOS plan to branch permanently away from LNAELV distribution,
or periodically re-sync ?
There are some minor differences, but CentOS tracks RHEL very closely.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Roger that, thanks.
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 11:38 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
.... I am new to this list (got referred here from the fedora list, COLD ....) and have a few questions. I poked around CentOS.org & couldn't figure these out, so here goes:
- What is the correspondence, if any, betwixt RHEL, err, I mean LNAELV
version #'s and CentOS version #'s ?
as explained by Ignacio
But one thing I again want to stress ... CentOS-3.x is CentOS-3 the updates are rolled in, just like upstream. If you have CentOS-3 and you do updates, you will get to CentOS-3.5 (This is exactly like upstream ... if you have EL3 and do updates, you have EL 3 update 5). Also just like upstream, it makes no difference if you start with CentOS-3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 or any other CentOS-3 ... when you are done with updates, you will be at the latest CentOS-3 level (currently 3.5).
- Does CentOS plan to branch permanently away from LNAELV distribution,
or periodically re-sync ?
We use the unmodified SRPMS provided from upstream as is as much as possible, and there are only a very small percentage of SRPMS that are changed in any way (94% SRPMS are exactly as upstream). For CentOS-4, see these release notes that explain the differences:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
The major majority of the changes are trademark and artwork related ... anything that is not is specifically called out in the above link.
We do provide some items that are not part of the upstream release and are in 3 repositories (that you should probably not use if you want maximum likeness). They are the extras, contrib and centosplus repos.
See this readme for all the centos repos that are available:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/Readme.txt
Here is the centosplus repo info:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/Readme.txt
- How long have you been around, I have been looking for something like
this for years now :-) ?
CentOS began before RHEL-3 was released in October of 2003. The first non-beta release came in January 2004. So there have been official CentOS releases for 18 months. We will be around forever :)
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 11:38 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
.... I am new to this list (got referred here from the fedora list, COLD ....) and have a few questions. I poked around CentOS.org & couldn't figure these out, so here goes:
<snip>
- Does CentOS plan to branch permanently away from LNAELV distribution,
or periodically re-sync ?
Oh ... so we are totally synced (pretty much the maximum allowed by trademark law) ... and we remain that way (at least in the base and updates repos) all the time.
If you compare the centos-announce list:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/
with the RHEL-4 errata list:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html
You will see that security updates are done, usually within 24 hours, of any security release upstream.
When the Quarterly updates are done (now 2-4 times a year), we release the Security updates (RHSAs) immediately ... the Re-spinning of the ISOs usually takes 1-2 weeks to totally test out and release.
Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 11:38 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
.... I am new to this list (got referred here from the fedora list, COLD ....) and have a few questions. I poked around CentOS.org & couldn't figure these out, so here goes:
<snip>
- Does CentOS plan to branch permanently away from LNAELV distribution,
or periodically re-sync ?
Oh ... so we are totally synced (pretty much the maximum allowed by trademark law) ... and we remain that way (at least in the base and updates repos) all the time.
If you compare the centos-announce list:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/
with the RHEL-4 errata list:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html
You will see that security updates are done, usually within 24 hours, of any security release upstream.
When the Quarterly updates are done (now 2-4 times a year), we release the Security updates (RHSAs) immediately ... the Re-spinning of the ISOs usually takes 1-2 weeks to totally test out and release.
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
This makes the most sense, leveraging on LNAELV AMAP, but I was unclear from reading the 4.n blurb on the website, thanks.
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 14:45 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 11:38 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
.... I am new to this list (got referred here from the fedora list, COLD ....) and have a few questions. I poked around CentOS.org & couldn't figure these out, so here goes:
<snip>
- Does CentOS plan to branch permanently away from LNAELV distribution,
or periodically re-sync ?
Oh ... so we are totally synced (pretty much the maximum allowed by trademark law) ... and we remain that way (at least in the base and updates repos) all the time.
If you compare the centos-announce list:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/
with the RHEL-4 errata list:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html
You will see that security updates are done, usually within 24 hours, of any security release upstream.
When the Quarterly updates are done (now 2-4 times a year), we release the Security updates (RHSAs) immediately ... the Re-spinning of the ISOs usually takes 1-2 weeks to totally test out and release.
This makes the most sense, leveraging on LNAELV AMAP, but I was unclear from reading the 4.n blurb on the website, thanks.
William (and everyone else too)
I have been reworking some of the info on the website (FAQs, About CentOS, etc.) ... is it more clear now?
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams -
Johnny Hughes -
William A. Mahaffey III